ole@csli.stanford.edu (Ole J. Jacobsen) (10/05/90)
It is true that the Norwegian "Tastafon" telephones use the calculator layout. This was determined by Norwegian Telecom to be the most logical, ergonomic, whatever, precisely for the adding machine/calculator reasons cited in this Digest. The backwards rotary "Oslo" or "X" dial is used *only* within the city of Oslo. For the exchanges that don't (yet) support tone dialling, an old Oslo dial phone or a special new button-to-pulse phone must be used. Thus the Tastafon comes in three flavors: Touch-Tone, Standard Pulse, and Oslo Pulse, but note that the button layout is *identical* (calculator style) on all three. Ole J Jacobsen, Editor & Publisher ConneXions--The Interoperability Report Interop, Inc., 480 San Antonio Road, Suite 100 Mountain View, CA 94040, USA Phone: (415) 941-3399 FAX: (415) 949-1779 Email: ole@csli.stanford.edu
hullp@cogsci.berkeley.edu (10/05/90)
In article <13031@accuvax.nwu.edu> ole@csli.stanford.edu (Ole J. Jacobsen) writes: >The backwards rotary "Oslo" or "X" dial is used *only* within the city >of Oslo. This "backwards" rotary dial is also used in New Zealand but not in Australia. INTERNET: hullp@cogsci.berkeley.edu BITNET: hullp@cogsci.berkeley.bitnet UUCP: ucbvax!cogsci!hullp OR: ucbvax!cogsci.berkeley.edu!hullp