re how universal are phones these days in article wd apr sam cs tu berlin de wd cs tu berlin de wolfgang diestelkamp writes in article rg hinnsr darkstar ucsc edu hugo cats ucsc edu hugo calendar writes i m wondering if i can tote my american touch tone phone around with me to sweden and germany it s dc powered and i can buy a special adapter for that in europe the question is if the general electronics work the same i can buy a different wall plug and refit it i m sure i d have to but would that do the trick two things to watch for in germany and i think the same holds for sweden only some of the connections can handle tone dialing so make sure the phone can be set to pulse dialing most if not virtually all swedish exchanges can handle tone dialling many older electromechanical exchanges have been modified accept tone dialling lars henrik eriksson internet lhe sics se swedish institute of computer science phone intn l box telefon nat l s kista sweden fax
