Reply to post: Re: Bah! IBM's data is all in EBCDIC anyway...

IBM bans all removable storage, for all staff, everywhere

TimR

Re: Bah! IBM's data is all in EBCDIC anyway...

You've just reminded me of the "fun" of managing character conversions between EBCDIC, ASCII and ICL 1900 (really!) systems. Known locally as the "Great Hash Pound Debate" - no one could ever agree on the correct mappings...

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