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In the 80s and earlier, BBSs were the way that people communicated through forums, email, and shared files. Someone would take their computer and one or more phone lines and set up the system, much like a web site today.
Some sysops (system operators) charged a fee, used a credit system, or were fully public.
The Internet has replaced BBSs with all the same functionality and less expense for the operator of a site (well, excluding bandwidth for popular sites like TFP).
Everything that people do today were done BBSs: warez, porn, and even phreaking was common when Sprint was still using PIN codes for long-distance service.
Anyway, those were fun days.
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