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submitted 6 days ago by Mr_Mofu@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.org

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[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 11 points 6 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.

[–] dosuser123456@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

NERRRRRRRRRRRRD!!!

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Okay, Homer.

[–] dosuser123456@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

lulz

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 6 points 6 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@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago

Financial and health institutions are famously behind the times.