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Re:A hunt for the government's oldest computer by xmstr on Sunday February 28, 2016 @05:31PM (#11192701)
I did contact work with the IRS from '06-'09, on the IMF and BMF (master file system) and I assure you there are no punch cards. Old school main frame assembly yes, but no punch cards.
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Re:A hunt for the government's oldest computer by woodruffw on Sunday February 28, 2016 @05:34PM (#11192709)
Well, that's a bit of a relief.
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Re:A hunt for the government's oldest computer by xmstr on Sunday February 28, 2016 @06:02PM (#11192805)
The last I heard CADE2, the modernized (J2EE) system, had replaced the majority of the IMF functionality (IMF is the core of tax return processing). I'm not completely sure though as I haven't talked to those guys in over 4 years now.
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Re:A hunt for the government's oldest computer by lanewinfield on Sunday February 28, 2016 @06:40PM (#11192935)
Pun intended?
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