This is not a question ... merely a statement of mild frustration

I wish that in some future iteration of this IBM prompt there can be an 
option to

.... just send me the latest cumulative PTFs or whatever for our version of 
OS/400 without having to remember what the number system is ... I looked up 
in 3 manuals before I found explanation that it is SF then year of last issue 
then VRM so I tried to order SF00430 & got some crazy error message then I 
tried SF99430 & it worked.

Is this a Y2K problem or are the last cum PTFs for V4R3 really from 1999?  
The last specific PTFs I needed to get were actually from 2000 which implies 
that there were no cum subsequent, or for future releases IBM will have a 
more politically correct buzzword compliant system recognizing year numbering 
beyond 99.

and hopefully SNDPTFORD structured so we can figure it out more easily what 
all those options are for.

MacWheel99@aol.com (Alister Wm Macintyre) (Al Mac)
AS/400 Data Manager & Programmer for BPCS 405 CD Rel-02 mixed mode (twinax 
interactive & batch) @ http://www.cen-elec.com Central Industries of 
Indiana--->Quality manufacturer of wire harnesses and electrical 
sub-assemblies - fax # 812-424-6838

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