I hate to dredge this back up, but did you ever find out anything else about the machine? I came up with one of these at Goodwill last year and have not been able to find anything out about it. I emailed Viking (who seems to own the White brand these days) and they said they no longer provide historical data about their machines. I have the manual thanks to this page, but I would love to know more about the machine. When it was made, etc.