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submitted 1 week ago by Mr_Mofu@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.org

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[–] logi@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You sure it wasn't IBM time travellers from 1985 sent her to ebcdic you?

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Lemmy is the only place I've seen EBCDIC referenced, other than the college class that introduced me to it.

Lemmy is for sure the only place where I've seen a JOKE about it. Nerd.

I like you.

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I worked for a credit bureau for a while and a product we had used a mainframe for billing customers. So the billing file was in EBCDIC.

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

Financial and health institutions are famously behind the times.

[–] dosuser123456@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

NERRRRRRRRRRRRD!!!

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Okay, Homer.

[–] dosuser123456@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

lulz