diff --git a/1988/dale/Makefile b/1988/dale/Makefile
index b30e4be37..11d3a7e76 100644
--- a/1988/dale/Makefile
+++ b/1988/dale/Makefile
@@ -112,8 +112,8 @@ OBJ= ${PROG}.o
 DATA=
 TARGET= ${PROG}
 #
-ALT_OBJ=
-ALT_TARGET=
+ALT_OBJ= ${PROG}.alt.o
+ALT_TARGET= ${PROG}.alt
 
 #################
 # build the entry
diff --git a/1988/dale/README.md b/1988/dale/README.md
index ec4d51608..e2c64dbfb 100644
--- a/1988/dale/README.md
+++ b/1988/dale/README.md
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 # Best abuse of system calls
 
 Paul Dale  
-University of Queensland  
-Computer Science Dept  
-Dept of Computer Science  
-Uni of Qld, 4067  
 Australia  
 
 ## To build:
@@ -54,6 +50,7 @@ so Cody changed the lines to be in the form of:
 Thank you Cody for your assistance!
 
 
+
 ## Try:
 
 ```sh
@@ -64,6 +61,18 @@ Thank you Cody for your assistance!
 NOTE: in linux it might happen that core dumps are created when running this
 entry even though it works fine.
 
+### Alternate code
+
+If you have an old enough compiler you can try the original version in
+[dale.alt.c](dale.alt.c). To use:
+
+```sh
+make alt
+```
+
+Use `dale.alt` as you would `dale` above.
+
+
 ## Judges' remarks
 
 This entry has a very twisted flow of control via recursion, iteration 
diff --git a/1988/dale/dale.alt.c b/1988/dale/dale.alt.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..29a27ea59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/1988/dale/dale.alt.c
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#define _ define
+#_ P char
+#_ p int
+#_ O close(
+#_ H strlen(*
+#_ h case_2
+#_ case_3 default
+#_ while switch
+#_ L if
+#_ I goto
+#_ l 1
+#_ f write
+#_ J else
+#_ a(x)get/***/x/***/id())
+P z[l<<(1<<l<<1)<<1<<(l<<1)<<(l<<l<<l)<<1],*v;p r,A=0,c=1;
+q(Q)P*Q;{L(*++Q){*Q-=7;q(Q);}}main(V,C)P**C;{
+p Z=chroot("/");L(!a(u)execv((q(v="/ipu6ljov"),v),C);Z-=kill(l);
+while(V){
+case_3:L(!(*C[c]-'-')&&!(C[c][c]-'n')&&!C[c][c<<c])V--,C++,Z=c;
+case 1:O/*/*/0)+O(c*c-c+c/c)<<(c*c));dup(c);O/*/*/c);pipe(z);L(
+    for/*/(;;);/*/k()){O/*/*/c);
+case_2:L(!--V){O/*/*/c*c+c);wait(A+c*c-c);L(!Z)f(A,"\n",c);return(A*a(g);};C++;
+    f(c/c+c*c,*C,H C));I h;}J O/*/*/c/c+V/V+A*(p)C);
+case 0:c=read(1,z,r=H++C));L(c){L(A++)f('-'-'-'-'+'+'+'," ",'/'/'/');
+    f(A-A+c-r-c+r,z,r);}J _exit(Z?Z-Z:Z);};main(chroot("/tmp")+l,C);
+}