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hobby. While modern BBSes often have hundreds or even
thousands of files available for download, on-line games,
international message `echos' and more, the original ideas
behind BBSing have never changed.
As BBSes first started to pop up in the early 80's,
they seldom offered little more than "message" bases.
People could chat with one another, carrying on conversations
that often last weeks or months. BBSes were places where
computer users from all over could meet and talk about both
computer and non-computer related topics. Since then, they
have evolved to also allow these people to play games
together, share public-domain and shareware files, and much
much more. There are now some boards appearing that are
trying to make money by offering large collections of files.
However, BBSing still remains largely a hobbyist's venture.
Even those few boards that do charge a membership seldom make
any profit.