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dreadsword
This had far less macross saga than I'd hoped!
Razengan
Oh this isn't about the anime Macross, just the name inspired by it.

Gosh I do hanker for some fresh new mecha stuff (guess where my HN name is from)

Last one I had was Armored Core 6

asimovDev
have you seen the new Gundam game Rogue Orbit? I am also patiently waiting for Sunrise's Macross
Den_VR
Didn’t care for Mecha Break?
RobotToaster
I'm a big macross and gundam fan, but I never could get into armoured core, I always ended up in debt from ammunition costs.
__mharrison__
Maybe AI will finally help usher in macross movie after so many years... Ducks
kenferry
> It's June 16, 1987. Ted Uhlemann ("iczer") plugs an Apple IIe's 300-baud[1] modem into a phone line his mother had just given him for his birthday, running Magic City Micro-BBS (written in Applesoft BASIC). He names it SDF-1 after his favorite anime

Dude was into anime in 1987?? Truly ahead of his time.

NetMageSCW
It then goes on to contradict itself immediately, stating the original hardware included a 1200 baud modem - so which was it?
dekhn
Robotech (the americanized version of Macross and some other anime) was broadcast on regular TV (local stations) in 1985. I watched the entire series (I was 12 at the time) with my jaw on the floor. Already The Last Unicorn had shown us what Japanese animation was capable of, and Robotech brought things up a notch (not in terms of animation quality, but in terms of story). Note that Robotech and the original Macross and other series are a bit different. We were watching akira by 1989 or 1990.

I distinctly recall that Robotech had a cross-dressing character well ahead of its time (for american audiences).

rustyhancock
If anyone has the money to spare I'd suggest using $36 to get lifetime ARPA level membership to both SDF.org and SDF-EU.org (so a total of $72). Even if it sits idle. As a way to support the service to continue running. For me the email alone is worth it.

And also the Anime that it got it's name from is on Archive.org

https://archive.org/details/Macross-ADV-480i

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lloydatkinson
I just signed up for an SDF account and it immediately disconnects me when I SSH in. Why?

I know I'm using the right password from their signup email, because if I type the wrong one I get a different error.

aboardRat4
They are blocking China from sending emails to @sdf.org accounts. Shame on them.
yardie
Oh wow, talk about a walk down memory lane! I joined as a kid, almost 30 years ago. Forgot all about this!
dekhn
I clicked thinking this was going to be a paean to Robotech.