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From: ballerup@diku.dk (Per G|tterup)
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Subject: Re: Which Came First?
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johnp@hpgrla.gr.hp.com (John Parsons) writes:

=> When Touch*Tone first came out, I remember my father griping that the
=> number pad was arranged differently from that of ten-key adding
=> machines, i.e.,

=>     1 2 3                        7 8 9
=>     4 5 6   on the phone, vs.    4 5 6  on calculators.
=>     7 8 9                        1 2 3
=>       0 			    0 

[ stuff deleted ]

=> How are the number pads arranged on European or Asian phones?  The

[ other questions deleted ]

Well, on phones here in Denmark (which is in Europe) we use a layout like
the calculator shown above, i.e.:

	7 8 9
	4 5 6
	1 2 3
	0 * #

On some phones we have those extra four buttons, although they're not
used for anything here. Then the layout is:

	7 8 9 A
	4 5 6 B
	1 2 3 C
	0 * # D

BTW, since 1979 it has been impossible to get rotary phones here, and
only those remaining from before that time still uses pulse dialing.
Touch tone is (of course) free.

I hope you can use that info.


Per Gotterup                       
Student, DIKU (Inst. of Comp. Sci.)
University of Copenhagen, Denmark  
Internet: ballerup@freja.diku.dk