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[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months 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 2 months 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.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

Financial and health institutions are famously behind the times.

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

NERRRRRRRRRRRRD!!!

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

Okay, Homer.

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

lulz