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Pagan Occult Distribution System Network (PODSnet) was a neopagan/occult computer network of Pagan Sysops and Sysops carrying Pagan/Magickal/Occult oriented echoes operating on an international basis, with FIDO Nodes in Australia, Canada, Germany, the U.K., and across the USA. PODSnet grew rapidly, and at its height, was the largest privately distributed network of Pagans, Occultists, and other people of an esoteric bent on this planet.〔(PAGAN/OCCULT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM (P.O.D.S) INFORMATION (Updated 5/11/92) )〕 == Origins == PODSnet grew out of an echomail area/public forum (Echo) named MAGICK on FidoNet, which was created by (J. Brad Hicks ), the Sysop of the Weirdbase BBS back in 1985.〔(J. Brad Hicks FAQ )〕〔(wb0111.htm File 18 )〕 MAGICK was the 8th Echo conference created on FidoNet.〔 It quickly grew to 12 systems, and then went international when the first Canadian Pagan BBS, Solsbury Hill (Farrell McGovern, Sysop), joined. This was just a hint of its growth to come. Another early expansion was the addition of two more echoes, MUNDANE and METAPHYSICAL. MUNDANE was created to move all "chat"; that is personal discussions, and other conversations that were of a non-pagan or magickal nature. Simultaneously, METAPHYSICAL was created for long, "article-style" posts of information on full rituals, papers and essays of a Pagan, Occult or Magickal nature. These three were bundled as the "Magicknet Trio". If a BBS carried one, they had to carry all three. At its height, there were over 50 "official" echoes that were considered part of the PODSNet backbone, with several others available.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「PODSnet」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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