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[–] logi 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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

[–] toynbee 13 points 1 month 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] 6 points 1 month 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 1 month ago

Financial and health institutions are famously behind the times.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

NERRRRRRRRRRRRD!!!

[–] toynbee 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Okay, Homer.

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

lulz