Close your eyes.. It's 1985....



Wham! plays on the radio....

It's time to relax at the computer to catch up with friends...

There is no Internet, no Facebook, no Google...

It's you and your Commodore 64 and a dial-up modem.

This Instructable will take some of you back to the fond memories of BBSing in the 80s. It'll teach others what it was like to use the popular communication systems of the era. -- The Bulletin Board System, or BBS.

The really neat part is that there are many Commodore BBS systems still alive and running today. Instead of using telephone lines and modems, they are connected to the Internet You can "dial up" using the VICE Commodore emulator included in the Raspberry Pi's Retropie.

What you'll need:

A Raspberry Pi 2 or 3

The Retropie Distribution running on the Raspberry Pi

A few easily installed "apt-get" programs.

The Internet Connection you are using right now.

A Commodore Terminal Program (ccgms71.d64)

Ready to learn that Retropie is more than playing NES and Playstation games?

Read on Adventurer...