noun
pre-Internet online communications; personal computer communications
Abbreviation of パソコン通信. Refers to dial-up BBS, early online services, and PC-based networking before the widespread Internet. Now largely historical.
See also: パソコン通信
90年代、パソ通で全国のユーザーとメッセージを交換していた。
In the 90s, I exchanged messages with users nationwide via PC communications.
パソ通全盛期には、多くの草の根ネットが存
During the heyday of pre-Internet online services, many grassroots networks existed.