Here is a modified version that will display a simple ASCII representation for those people like myself that think better in pictures.
I am sure that this can be improved significantly.
Comments on where I can improve this code and what practices I should stay away from are appreciated.
This should work on both Windows and Solaris though the format may be a little off on Solaris.

#!/usr/local/bin/perl
use strict;

# Towers of Hanoi
# Perl version (5.8.0)
# Ported from Java

my $numdisks = 0;
my $count =0;
print "Number of disks? ";
chomp( $numdisks = <STDIN> );
clear ();
my $i;
my @polea;
my @poleb;
my @polec;
my $loop = 0;
my $string ;
while ($numdisks > $loop++) {
    $string = $string ."x";
    push (@polea, $string);
    push (@poleb, "");
    push (@polec, "");
}
print "A\tB\tC\n";
for (my $len = 0 ;$len <= ($numdisks -1); $len++) {
    print "$polea[$len]\t$poleb[$len]\t$polec[$len]\n";
}
sleep 2;
clear ();
movedisks( $numdisks, 'A', 'B', 'C' );

# SUB LAND 
sub clear {
    if ($^O eq "MSWin32") {
        system 'cls';
    }else{
        system 'clear';
    }
}

sub movedisks {
my( $num, $from, $to, $aux ) = @_;
    if( $num == 1 ) {
        paintdisks ($num, $to, $from);
    }else{
        movedisks( $num-1, $from, $aux, $to );
        paintdisks ($num, $to, $from);
        movedisks( $num-1, $aux, $to, $from );
    }
}

sub paintdisks {
    my( $num, $dest, $source) = @_;
    my $foo;

    if ($source eq "A") {
        $foo = $polea[0];
        shift @polea;
    }elsif ($source eq "B") {
        $foo = $poleb[0];
        shift @poleb;
    }else{
        $foo = $polec[0];
        shift @polec;
    }
    if ($dest eq "A") {
        unshift @polea, $foo;
    }elsif ($dest eq "B") {
        unshift @poleb, $foo;
    }else{
        unshift @polec, $foo;
    }
    print "A\tB\tC\n";
    for (my $len = 0 ;$len <= ($numdisks -1); $len++) {
        print "$polea[$len]\t$poleb[$len]\t$polec[$len]\n";
    }
    sleep 2;
    clear ();
}
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