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[Unimatic1140]

19 and still writing away for washer literature LOL

and finally back in the days when companies sent you a nice letter with your request for information...

 

[bajaespuma]

The Letters

That's a whole thread in and of itself!

 

[thor]

I bought this exact pair in harvest gold color in june 1980. The dryer was gas. At first I surely missed the usual timer dial on the washer and I had to get used to the solid state control with fixed wash times, but after I got used to using it the washing performance was excellent. If you chose the second rinse option the softener would be added at the beginning of the water fill for the second rinse (please, think 1980)!

Then, after about ten years of use the washer couldn't be used on humid days, the control panel would be "locked" on a gentle cycle when you turned the power on, and no options could be chosen. Being the climate of Buenos Aires rather humid the washer could only be used on certain days. I then gave the pair to my BIL, who has five kids and lives in another city with better climate, they loved the washer and dryer and I think they used the washer until last year. The dryer is still going strong!

 

[launderess]

Quick "Google" of the model numbers turned up a place that makes replacment mother/control boards for appliances which are NLA from the original maker. That would seem to indicate Whirlpool no longer has the boards, which could spell trouble should something happen down the line. Then again am sure some script-kiddie on steroids probably could build a new one, no?

L.

 

[toggleswitch]

oh Ken, you got that right,

~The Letters
That's a whole thread in and of itself!

oh my stars!

 

[Unimatic1140]

That's a whole thread in and of itself!

I've saved lots of letters like that from the washing machine manufacturers, some as early as 1973. And typed on a typewriter no less, taking all that time for little old me who just wanted to see the brochures.

And my address in that letter above could be a whole thread in itself, considering I was 19, but that would have to be in the Super Forum and I would probably end up having to delete it knowing some of you guys LOL.

 

[launderess]

Early 1980's would have seen some offices using word processing such as "Wang", take it from someone who knows, lots of offices still used typewriters. If one was female, and applied for any office position up until rather recently, the first two questions usually were "what is your typing speed?" and "can you take dictation/sten, and if so what is your speed?).

Once one gets used to it, typing a letter by "hand" is quite easy. Considering the poor secretary whose initials appear on that letter probably did ten or more a day,setting up and whipping out such a letter probably came naturally.

My all time favourite typewriter? IBM Selectric of course!

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