Comments on: CABLE 82: Turn a Raspberry Pi and an Old CRT Into a 1982 Cable Bulletin Board Channel

By: Hans Scharler

Hans Scharler — Sat, 22 Aug 2026 21:19:20 +0000

Also, it is likely, “node” version.

On the Pi, in a terminal, run node -v.

I started from a “fresh” Raspberry Pi and imaged it from Imager. You have to use 64-bit version of the OS and install Node.

I also added a troubleshooting section to the GitHub repo: https://github.com/nothans/cable-82#troubleshooting

Pull an updated copy of the repo.

Hans Scharler — Sat, 15 Aug 2026 21:49:01 +0000

Could be a few things…

Localhost only works directly on the Pi.

Make sure the server is running on a terminal. Does it sastarted?

David Michael Vohs — Sat, 15 Aug 2026 20:09:51 +0000

It’s “running” on a R-PI 3 B+, & used http://localhost:1982 straight from here.

Hans Scharler — Sat, 15 Aug 2026 19:34:39 +0000

In reply to David Michael Vohs. Are you using port 1982?

Hans Scharler — Sat, 15 Aug 2026 19:31:25 +0000

In reply to David Michael Vohs. Well, let me see if I can help. What version of the Raspberry Pi did you try the set up on?

David Michael Vohs — Sat, 15 Aug 2026 19:24:26 +0000

Welp, it’s ye old “Localhost refused to connect” error for me. Seems like this project isn’t for me. 🙁