diff --git a/2014/vik/.gitignore b/2014/vik/.gitignore
index e36a12dc8..02a114255 100644
--- a/2014/vik/.gitignore
+++ b/2014/vik/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 audio_file.raw
 prog
+prog.alt
 prog.raw
 prog.orig
diff --git a/2014/vik/Makefile b/2014/vik/Makefile
index 4f42954a7..dd7c55294 100644
--- a/2014/vik/Makefile
+++ b/2014/vik/Makefile
@@ -112,8 +112,8 @@ OBJ= ${PROG}.o
 DATA=
 TARGET= ${PROG}
 #
-ALT_OBJ=
-ALT_TARGET=
+ALT_OBJ= ${PROG}.alt.o
+ALT_TARGET= ${PROG}.alt
 
 
 #################
diff --git a/2014/vik/README.md b/2014/vik/README.md
index f46b04a30..f43c7f470 100644
--- a/2014/vik/README.md
+++ b/2014/vik/README.md
@@ -13,13 +13,15 @@ US
 make
 ```
 
-
 ## To run:
 
 ```sh
 ./prog > foo.c
 ```
 
+There is an alternate version that will theoretically work with Windows
+compilers (if anything in Windows works :-) ). See the [Alternate
+code](#alternate-code) section below.
 
 ## Try:
 
@@ -29,6 +31,18 @@ echo 'Want to hear me beep?' | ./prog > audio_file.raw
 echo 'No. I want chocolate!' | ./prog | mplayer -demuxer rawaudio -
 ```
 
+### Alternate code:
+
+The alternate code, [prog.alt.c](prog.alt.c), is based on the author's
+instructions on how to get it to work with Windows. This has not been tested but
+in order to use it you can do:
+
+```sh
+make alt
+```
+
+Use `prog.alt` as you would `prog` above as well as below.
+
 
 ## Judges' remarks:
 
@@ -59,7 +73,7 @@ I can tell, there are at least six chocolate references in this program.
 This program can convert text to Morse to a raw 44.1kHz stereo audio file.
 Via streaming to mplayer, you can listen to the Morse audio.
 
-Don't forget the last '-' as it makes mplayer read from stdin.
+Don't forget the last '`-`' as it makes mplayer read from stdin.
 
 
 ## Convert audio file with Morse signals to text
@@ -86,6 +100,8 @@ declaration in order for the program to run correctly:
 _setmode(_fileno(stdout), 0x8000);
 ```
 
+NOTE: see the [alternate code](prog.alt.c) for this.
+
 ### Known Issues
 
 The program uses a quite simple algorithm for detecting tone on and off events
diff --git a/2014/vik/prog.alt.c b/2014/vik/prog.alt.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9472cccf1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/2014/vik/prog.alt.c
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <io.h>
+
+char X[] =
+  " ETIANMSURWDKGOHVF:L:PJBXCYZQ::54:3:::2&:+::::16=/:::(:7:::8:90"
+  "::::::::::::?_::::\"::.::::@:::'::-::::::::;!:):::::,:::::";
+
+int j,w,h,f,u,d,g,e,n,i,l,a,r,p,c,m,o,t,s,Q=32,T[32],W[32],I=13000;
+
+int main(int v, char** b) {
+
+  _setmode(_fileno(stdout), 0x8000);
+  for (i=0;v>0&&v<5&&(v*=t=fread(X,1,1,stdin));)
+
+  for (v-1&&101==*1[b]?++g%1500?u+=(g&1^1)*(*X<0?-*X:*X):(f=e,e=w,w=d,d=u,
+    m=(1 - h%2* 2  )*(d -f)/ (d<f  ?d|1 : 1|f) >  5?T[ h%Q] =o+l  , l=W[
+    h++%Q]=o,o=0:m,o++,u=main(0,b)):(c=strrchr(X,~(Q&*X&*X/2)&*X)-X,j=255);
+    v==1&&(c*j||main(*X-Q?8:24,b));j/=2)c<j?0:main(9+(c-j)/(j/2+1)%2*10,b);
+
+  for (a=u=0;i<=Q*Q&&!v;j>7&&j<13?s=c*s+T[i/Q]/2,s/=++c:0)
+    !(i++%Q)?a=c>a?u=s,c:a,c=s=0:0,j=T[i%Q],j=j?T[i/Q]*10/j:0,j*=(j<5)*2+1;
+
+  for (r+=(h-r)/Q*Q;i<v/4*I;putchar((i/I<v%4)*i%2*85<<(i%176/88)),i++);
+
+  for (g*=!!v;r+t!=h+1&&h>5&&!v;r+t!=h+1?(W[r%Q]>2*u||r==h?p=n=n>6?0:
+    putchar(X[p-1+(1<<n)])&0:0,W[r++%Q]>6*u?putchar(Q):0):0)
+    *X=Q,p=r%2?++n,2*p+(W[r++%Q]>2*u):p;
+
+  return 0;
+}
diff --git a/thanks-for-fixes.md b/thanks-for-fixes.md
index d0cc797af..de53a0762 100644
--- a/thanks-for-fixes.md
+++ b/thanks-for-fixes.md
@@ -1790,12 +1790,18 @@ implicitly (linux doesn't seem to but macOS does).
 Cody fixed the build for this entry: it does not require SDL2 but SDL1 so there
 were linking errors.
 
+## [2014/vik](2014/vik/prog.c) ([README.md](2014/vik/README.md))
+
+Cody added an alternate version that is based on the author's remarks that will
+theoretically work for Microsoft Windows compilers (if anything works in Windows
+:-) ). We have no way of testing this and if anything has changed since 2014
+that would break it we do not know.
 
 ## [2015/endoh3](2015/endoh3/prog.c) ([README.md](2015/endoh3/README.md]))
 
 Cody fixed this to compile with linux which was having a problem with duplicate
-symbols of `main()`. The fix is through the option `-fcommon` which will let it
-compile like it does with macOS.
+symbols of `main()`. The fix is through the compiler option `-fcommon` which
+will let it compile like it does with macOS.
 
 Cody also made it easier to enjoy the theme of [Back to the
 Future](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back_to_the_Future) using this entry by