Mr.Mofu@lemmy.blahaj.zone to retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.org · 5 days agoDo people really pronounce it this way...?lemmy.blahaj.zoneimagemessage-square69fedilinkarrow-up1398arrow-down114
arrow-up1384arrow-down1imageDo people really pronounce it this way...?lemmy.blahaj.zoneMr.Mofu@lemmy.blahaj.zone to retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.org · 5 days agomessage-square69fedilink
minus-squareLogi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·4 days agoYou sure it wasn’t IBM time travellers from 1985 sent her to ebcdic you?
minus-squaretoynbee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·4 days agoLemmy 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.
minus-squareJackbyDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·4 days agoI 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.
minus-squaretoynbee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·4 days agoFinancial and health institutions are famously behind the times.
You sure it wasn’t IBM time travellers from 1985 sent her to ebcdic you?
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.
NERRRRRRRRRRRRD!!!
Okay, Homer.
lulz
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.
Financial and health institutions are famously behind the times.