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From: ole@csli.stanford.edu (Ole J. Jacobsen)
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Subject: Norwegian Telephone Dials
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Date: 4 Oct 90 17:25:26 GMT
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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