diff --git a/2005/aidan/try.alt.sh b/2005/aidan/try.alt.sh
index 2fd1e79d0..8867fe4a8 100755
--- a/2005/aidan/try.alt.sh
+++ b/2005/aidan/try.alt.sh
@@ -21,27 +21,26 @@ echo "When looking at the output, notice how some of the output is different" 1>
 echo "from the aidan.c." 1>&2
 echo 1>&2
 
-read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to continue: "
-echo "$ ./$AIDAN < blank.sudoku" 1>&2
-./"$AIDAN" < blank.sudoku
+read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to run: ./$AIDAN < blank.sudoku (space = next page, q = quit): "
+echo 1>&2
+./"$AIDAN" < blank.sudoku | less -rEXF
 echo 1>&2
 
-read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to continue: "
-
-
-echo "$ echo IOCCC | ./$AIDAN" 1>&2
-echo IOCCC | ./"$AIDAN"
+read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to run: echo IOCCC | ./$AIDAN (space = next page, q = quit): "
+echo IOCCC | ./"$AIDAN" | less -rEXF
 echo "What just happened?" 1>&2
 echo 1>&2
 
-echo "$ echo IOCCC | ./$AIDAN 42" 1>&2
-read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to continue (q = exit pager space = go down a page): "
-echo IOCCC | ./"$AIDAN" 42 1>&2
+read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to run: echo IOCCC | ./$AIDAN 42 (space = next page, q = quit): "
+echo IOCCC | ./"$AIDAN" 42 1>&2 | less -rEXF
+echo 1>&2
 echo "Seeing that, was the 'echo IOCCC' relevant?" 1>&2
 echo 1>&2
-
-echo "$ ./$AIDAN < insane1.sudoku" 1>&2
-read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to continue: "
-./"$AIDAN" < insane1.sudoku
-echo "Did you notice how much slower this is than aidan? If not try try.sh!" 1>&2
+echo 1>&2
+
+read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to run: ./$AIDAN < insane1.sudoku (space = next page, q = quit): "
+echo 1>&2
+./"$AIDAN" < insane1.sudoku
+echo 1>&2
+echo "Did you notice how much slower this is than aidan.c? If not try try.sh!" 1>&2
 echo 1>&2
diff --git a/2005/aidan/try.sh b/2005/aidan/try.sh
index 6c930e728..098a96e19 100755
--- a/2005/aidan/try.sh
+++ b/2005/aidan/try.sh
@@ -18,37 +18,41 @@ clear
 AIDAN="aidan"
 
 echo "$ ./$AIDAN < blank.sudoku" 1>&2
-./"$AIDAN" < blank.sudoku
+read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to run: ./$AIDAN < blank.sudoku (space = next page, q = quit): "
+echo 1>&2
+./"$AIDAN" < blank.sudoku | less -rEXF
 echo 1>&2
 
-echo "$ ./$AIDAN U < blank.sudoku" 1>&2
-read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to continue: "
-./"$AIDAN" U < blank.sudoku
+read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to run: ./$AIDAN U < blank.sudoku (space = next page, q = quit): "
+echo 1>&2
+./"$AIDAN" U < blank.sudoku | less -rEXF
+echo 1>&2
 echo "What was the difference between the previous command?" 1>&2
 echo "More specifically, what did it do?" 1>&2
 echo 1>&2
 
-read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to continue: "
-echo "$ echo IOCCC | ./$AIDAN" 1>&2
-echo IOCCC | ./"$AIDAN"
+read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to run: echo IOCCC | ./$AIDAN (space = next page, q = quit): "
+echo 1>&2
+echo IOCCC | ./"$AIDAN" | less -rEXF
+echo 1>&2
 echo "What just happened?" 1>&2
 echo 1>&2
-
 echo 1>&2
-echo "$ echo IOCCC | ./$AIDAN 42 | less -r" 1>&2
-read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to continue (q = exit pager space = go down a page): "
-echo IOCCC | ./"$AIDAN" 42 | less -r
+
+read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to run: echo IOCCC | ./$AIDAN 42 (space = next page, q = quit): "
+echo 1>&2
+echo IOCCC | ./"$AIDAN" 42 | less -rEXF
+echo 1>&2
 echo "Seeing that, was the 'echo IOCCC' relevant?" 1>&2
 echo 1>&2
 
-echo "$ ./$AIDAN < insane1.sudoku" 1>&2
-read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to continue: "
-./"$AIDAN" < insane1.sudoku
+read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to run: ./$AIDAN < insane1.sudoku (space = next page, q = quit): "
+./"$AIDAN" < insane1.sudoku | less -rEXF
 
 read -r -n 1 -p "Do you with to run the test suite (y/n)? "
-if [[ "$REPLY" = "y" ]]; then
+if [[ "$REPLY" = "y" || "$REPLY" = "Y" ]]; then
     echo 1>&2
-    echo "$ make test" 1>&2
-    read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to continue: "
-    make test
+    read -r -n 1 -p "Press any key to run: make test (space = next page, q = quit): "
+    echo 1>&2
+    make test | less -rEXF
 fi
diff --git a/thanks-for-help.md b/thanks-for-help.md
index bbcfeba61..b3ef61296 100644
--- a/thanks-for-help.md
+++ b/thanks-for-help.md
@@ -3161,16 +3161,17 @@ just to make it a bit easier to compile.
 ## <a name="2005_aidan"></a>[2005/aidan](/2005/aidan/aidan.c) ([README.md](/2005/aidan/README.md]))
 
 [Cody](#cody) fixed the test script, described by the author in their remarks, to refer
-to the proper compiled program (it's hardcoded). This had never been done and it
-broke the script.
+to the proper compiled program (it's hardcoded). This had never been done and so
+the script did not even work (at least modernly?).
 
 He also added the [alt code](/2005/aidan/README.md#alternate-code) based on the
-author's remarks which is a different approach than the one used and which 'is
-slower (particularly in worst-case or nearly so scenarios), inelegant, and not a
-good starting place for sudoku generation.'
+author's remarks which is a different approach than the one used and which
+(according to the author) 'is slower (particularly in worst-case or nearly so
+scenarios), inelegant, and not a good starting place for sudoku generation.'
 
-The [try.sh](/2005/aidan/try.sh) and [try.alt.sh](/2005/aidan/try.alt.sh)
-correspond to the entry and alt code respectively.
+Cody added the [try.sh](/2005/aidan/try.sh) and
+[try.alt.sh](/2005/aidan/try.alt.sh) scripts that correspond to the entry and
+alt code respectively.
 
 Cody added the `make test` and `make test-n0` rules for easier use of the test
 suite.