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[–] logi 20 points 5 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] toynbee 12 points 5 days 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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

NERRRRRRRRRRRRD!!!

[–] toynbee 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Okay, Homer.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

lulz

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 days 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 6 points 5 days ago

Financial and health institutions are famously behind the times.