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submitted 2 months ago by Mr_Mofu@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/retrocomputing

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[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 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.

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 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.

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Financial and health institutions are famously behind the times.

[–] dosuser123456 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

NERRRRRRRRRRRRD!!!

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

Okay, Homer.

[–] dosuser123456 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

lulz