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Post# 613552   7/30/2012 at 19:20 (4,290 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)        

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I’ve decided to experiment with creating a new website for serving up most of the back-issue Daily Doctrine. I named the new website “Automatic Ephemera” using the website url: http://www.automatice.org. I came up with the shortened web address automatice.org as not everyone knows the word "ephemera" much less can easily spell it. AutomaticE was also the name of a vintage Electrolux vacuum cleaner so it works well with the site genre. 

 


Over time I want to add much more than just the washer, dryer and dishwasher doctrine to Automatic Ephemera. We have a ton of vacuum cleaner materials as well as other home products and catalogs which I think will be of interest to so many others out there as well.

As for the price of downloads, here is how Automatic Ephemera will work. Anytime I add something new to the site there will be an introductory price of $1.39 per download for the first three days which is the same price that is set for the Daily Doctrine Dispenser. After three days pricing will be based on the size of the file which is currently set .09 cents per megabyte with a $1.99 minimum. So the majority of files will be $1.99 after the 3-day introductory period, but some of the larger files will be slightly higher. This helps to assure that the new website will pay for itself over time and I can continue to purchase new materials to add to it.

Also please note for those who are not members of automaticwasher.org no login is necessary on Automatic Ephemera to purchase downloads.

So if you wish check the new site out and please report any bugs to me either by email or in this thread. 

For those who have credit for donating doctrine documents, please email me for the special log-in link so you can use your Dispenser credit on Automatic Ephemera as well. Thanks everyone! 



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Post# 613555 , Reply# 1   7/30/2012 at 19:28 (4,290 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay)        

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Robert, will you be placing a link to the site on the automaticwasher.org home page, or should we add it to our favorites?


Post# 613558 , Reply# 2   7/30/2012 at 19:38 (4,290 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)        

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I will be placing a link on aw.org, plus there is a new link on the Daily Doctrine Dispenser page as well.  Also please be sure to check out the drop down search features located under the red oval...


Post# 613561 , Reply# 3   7/30/2012 at 19:45 (4,290 days old) by akronman (Akron/Cleveland Ohio)        
Fantastic

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I was just about to ask when you'd do another months' worth of old posting, this is GREAT and THANKS


Post# 613564 , Reply# 4   7/30/2012 at 19:59 (4,290 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E)        
Also....

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If anyone is sitting on ephemera that would benefit other owners, I hope they'll take advantage of the DDD and the new Website to share it.

Many collectible appliances owned by a good number of people here are not yet represented in the collection. I have a pair of second-generation 806 Maytags, a KDS-15 dishwasher, an Amana Radarange RR-4D microwave and an Electrolux 1205 vacuum - none of which have manuals available yet, and these are NOT especially rare appliances. None of the beloved GE Liberator and Stratoliner ranges are represented yet, either.

So, if you're holding anything like this and thinking of "getting around to it," please - get around to it! A lot of other people will be very grateful to you.


Post# 613567 , Reply# 5   7/30/2012 at 20:25 (4,290 days old) by lebron (Minnesota)        

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Awesome! Good idea of making another website. Ephemera is the new word of the day =)

Post# 613573 , Reply# 6   7/30/2012 at 21:02 (4,289 days old) by mickeyd (Hamburg NY)        
Just snagged the 57 GE with 3 hours to go.

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My Aunt Aunt Alice who was gay and recently deceased should have been your Aunt. She hated her Suds-saver and never used it. I would not be alive today if I had ever moved the button from the neutral position to "SAVE" since the suds hose was coiled up in the back of the machine, and her kitchen would have flooded.

Hers was pink and with the copper filter and it was stunning.

Ephemera is a beautiful, evocative word. Perfect. Good Idea. Now I won't be bugging you every week when I miss one. I'll just send you weather reports insteadLaughing

Was I your first customer?


Post# 613575 , Reply# 7   7/30/2012 at 21:25 (4,289 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)        

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Hi Sandy, there is the full owners manual for the second generation Maytag 806 located under Maytag automatic washers. I might have the Electrolux vacuum owners manual as well, I'll check this week.
 
Was I your first customer?
Sorry Mike, close but not first :-)


Post# 613576 , Reply# 8   7/30/2012 at 21:39 (4,289 days old) by Maytagbear (N.E. Ohio)        
Thank you, Robert-

This is wonderful. So handy! When word gets out, as it will eventually, we'll have more visitors and researchers in these precincts.


Lawrence/Maytagbear


Post# 613578 , Reply# 9   7/30/2012 at 21:55 (4,289 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada)        

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That's a good idea!

And I like the fridge at the top of the page too!

 

I see quite a few prices above $1.39. Are all items priced at 1.39 for 3 days or just some?


Post# 613582 , Reply# 10   7/30/2012 at 22:09 (4,289 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)        

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Are all items priced at 1.39 for 3 days or just some?

Hi Phil, yes all documents are $1.39 for the first three days after I've added them to the site. After three days they are calculated via the size of the file.


Post# 613585 , Reply# 11   7/30/2012 at 22:19 (4,289 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada)        

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I guess all items were added today since you just posted about it?

I tried to buy a few but none of them were 1.39 (one was priced over $5).

 

 


Post# 613588 , Reply# 12   7/30/2012 at 22:23 (4,289 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)        

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I guess all items were added today since you just posted about it?
No, I've been working on the site for a couple of months and have been posting stuff all along. Most of these items were available in the dispenser previously and were $1.39 then.


Post# 613598 , Reply# 13   7/30/2012 at 22:59 (4,289 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada)        

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Ok, then I missed more than I thought when they were originally posted!


Post# 613613 , Reply# 14   7/31/2012 at 00:15 (4,289 days old) by d-jones (Western Pennsylvania (Pittsburgh Area))        
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

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This is an absolutely fantastic addition to the line up and will provide a valuable service to many, many people. Now I'm off to download the Maytag A806 manual!

Post# 613616 , Reply# 15   7/31/2012 at 00:27 (4,289 days old) by pdub (Portland, Oregon)        
Great job Robert

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Thanks again for the newest site!

Patrick


Post# 613618 , Reply# 16   7/31/2012 at 00:38 (4,289 days old) by CircleW (NE Cincinnati OH area)        
Great idea, Robert

This will be a fantastic addition to an already spectacular website!

Post# 613644 , Reply# 17   7/31/2012 at 05:55 (4,289 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E)        
Robert:

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"Hi Sandy, there is the full owners manual for the second generation Maytag 806 located under Maytag automatic washers. I might have the Electrolux vacuum owners manual as well, I'll check this week."

I'll download the 'Tag manual later this week, when I have time, thanks.

Post the 1205 manual in your own good time, not on my account, since there are four different versions of it, reflecting the running changes on that model over its five years of production, plus a manual for factory refurbished machines. There's only a one-in-four chance that a given 1205 manual will be the one I'm looking for, so I would feel bad if you got into heroic measures to post it, and I didn't download it.

Thanks!


Post# 613669 , Reply# 18   7/31/2012 at 08:08 (4,289 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield, East Midlands, UK)        
I like it too .....

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Robert

Just an idea for the future but would you consider adding a country of origin to the matrix and the search criteria. I realise that, at the moment, its a bit academic but hopefully in time you will be able to build up a library from all over the world and the additional search criteria would be useful.

Also, could you make a permanent note somewhere on either site the copyright and scanning parameters you require for donations - I know there is a thread on it but I think a permanent reference point could be useful.

And finally, is the cartoon yours too? I really like it - just like the friendly face that greets visitors to AW :)

Al


Post# 613683 , Reply# 19   7/31/2012 at 10:23 (4,289 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)        

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Hi Al, at this time all documents available have been first printed and first distributed only in the United States. As hard as this is to believe, copyright law pertaining to when items fall into the public domain is much more liberal in the US than it is in Europe. Canada just has had some major changes and there is a chance we might able to add Canadian documents at some point, but not at this time.

Thanks on the cartoon, its something I found in my scanning travels and thought it would be perfect for the logo of Automatic Ephemera. The logo text in the Diamonds I created myself.


Post# 613688 , Reply# 20   7/31/2012 at 10:50 (4,289 days old) by DaveAMKrayoGuy (Oak Park, MI)        
Cheers to this forum for the D.D.D & may there be may more!!

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It should be called Automatic EUPHORIA!!!!

Just purchased & downloaded the Gibson W&D (Today's DDD) & the back-order Frigidaire cooking appliance brochures!

Thank you very much, UNIMATIC1140, for making this a very educational, affordable & very worthwhile feature!


-- Dave


Post# 613840 , Reply# 21   7/31/2012 at 20:27 (4,289 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)        

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You're very welcome Dave, thank you. I'm glad you all are enjoying it!

More goodies to come on Automatic Ephemera at midnight central.


Post# 614028 , Reply# 22   8/1/2012 at 15:44 (4,288 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)        
Please read...

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Thanks everyone for all of your kind comments and positive emails about the new website, I do appreciate it.

OK since Automatic Ephemera seems to be working well, I'm going to move the dispenser over to the new website now. Nothing will change except there will be more options available at Ephemera. The link and image of today's Doctrine on the automaticwasher.org navigation bar will still be there and it will just take you to the new site. This way it makes it easier for me to centralize all of doctrine and downloads.

Please let me know if you guys have any questions.

Important: If you have credit from donating Doctrine and would like to use it on Automatic Ephemera, please email me so I can send you the credit login.


Post# 614158 , Reply# 23   8/2/2012 at 06:08 (4,287 days old) by turquoisedude (.)        
Great stuff!

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I mean it literally - thanks a millon Robert - I have been looking for that Sunbeam toaster manual for ages! Yay!

Post# 614327 , Reply# 24   8/2/2012 at 22:35 (4,286 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)        

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You're very welcome Paul. There will be more like that at midnight central time. It's nice being able to post multiple items on the same day.

Post# 614378 , Reply# 25   8/3/2012 at 08:35 (4,286 days old) by peteski50 (New York)        
Ephemera!

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Robert - thank you this is the greatest - I Love all the reading and building up a Library!
Peter



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