What I called the "funky D&M rack arrangement D&Ms"
Who remembers the strange arrangement (I know TomTurbomatic does because he's alluded to it several times over the years) that was a typical D&M dishwaher. BUT, it had a rising tower in the middle of the bottom rack and because there wasn't a spray arm under the top rack, the top rack was lowered some and a full-size spray arm was put on the top (similar to a Maytag reverse-rack arrangement so to speak). Plates (big and small) faced toward the center and there was a row of dishloops that went right down the center of the bottom rack (perpendicular to the large & small plates facing the center) (except for space for the pop-up tower). Those dishloops were intended for saucers and other small cereal bowls. As Tom has pointed out, a very inefficient racking system and wasted a lot of space. But I was fascinated by this unique arrangement. As best I can figure out, D&M had some units like this under Kenmore, Tappan, G&S, Caloric, and Magic Chef from like 1981 or very early 1982 through 1984-early 1985. I first saw this when visiting Dallas (and the Valley View Mall Sears store there), in like 1982. I saw a Tappan branded one that looked exactly like the above at a wedding reception in like 1984. Neighbors that got transferred to austin in 1984 bught a brand new home with the Caloric bransd. When I visited them, the guest room was a huge room over the garage on the other side of the house. I could lay in bed and listen through the pipes and walls the noise of this dishwasher as it went through the cycle). Nate had a Magic Chef of this iteration (albeit a BOL) that he found before he left Tuscon. The reason why Nate's was BO)L was it had the two full-size spray arms at the bottom & above the top rack, but no wash tower to "supplement" the upper ack. Nate said it was a fairly goood cleaner, it definitely left no yibblits on the tops of glasses, but you still had to be somewhat careful loading the bottom rack (ala Kitchenaid) not to block the water to the top rack.
