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

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[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year 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 year 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 year ago

Financial and health institutions are famously behind the times.

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

NERRRRRRRRRRRRD!!!

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

Okay, Homer.

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

lulz