Mr.Mofu@lemmy.blahaj.zone to retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.org · 3 months agoDo people really pronounce it this way...?lemmy.blahaj.zoneimagemessage-square71fedilinkarrow-up1410arrow-down113
arrow-up1397arrow-down1imageDo people really pronounce it this way...?lemmy.blahaj.zoneMr.Mofu@lemmy.blahaj.zone to retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.org · 3 months agomessage-square71fedilink
minus-squareLogi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·3 months agoYou sure it wasn’t IBM time travellers from 1985 sent her to ebcdic you?
minus-squaretoynbee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·3 months 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-up6·3 months 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-up6·3 months 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.
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.
NERRRRRRRRRRRRD!!!
Okay, Homer.
lulz