Um, the current issue is a matter of what type of transmition system
(voltage and amperage) is used, not a matter of it being digital. Lines are
not digital, nor are they inherently analogue. Lines are conductors,
nothing more. The system at the other end of the line dictates the answer
to your question. If I plugged a phone into a USB port, it would probably
die because USB provides a 12v line. But if I plugged a phone into the
signal output of a hard disk or something, there would be a whole bunch of
quick pulses.
Now, I don't know of a "digital" phone. Are you talking about a phone with
digital transmitter meant to hook up to a DSL line or something? A
"digital" phone would have a lot of trouble reproducing your voice, so you
kind of need an analogue mic and speaker for it to work. Most phones in the
US and most residential services here are still analogue at the home end and
are later converted to digital at the neighborhood level. At the least, a
phone with a digital transceiver would not work. The analogue transmition
may even damage it.

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Digital into analogue will usually not heart it if the voltage is low.
It
ends up being a whole bunch of quick pulses...
Analogue into a digital system? Somehow I doubt that would go over with
the
transistors very well... At the least it is not readable. What type of
equipment are you referring to?

If an analog phone is used on a digital line, there are chances of it
being fried by drawing in too much current.

What will happen if a digital phone is used on a analog line?