Re: B42342C0 on V5R1

[Rob Dixon <rob.dixon@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

rob@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

> If this wasn't fubar'ed 
> http://www-912.ibm.com/s_dir/sline003.nsf/2d3aff1c6b4d6ce086256453000d971e/c1dffebbd2cb7ff2862569c9000eff3d?OpenDocument
> then we could look up MF21772 and find the V5R1 version.
>
> Sometimes IBM doesn't find a problem until a system has been out there a 
> good long time, or sometimes even until it's on a new release.  Then IBM 
> may ptf it back to previous releases.  That's where a bulk of the entries 
> occur on a VxRxMx to VyRyMy cross reference comes in useful.  Sometimes, 
> though, there will be no ptf in the newer code because it's included in 
> the base o/s; or new version G/A code.
>
> Rob Berendt
>  
Rob

Apart from the faulty document above, is there any other way of finding 
out?  If it was fixed in the base O/S, would the memo to users for V5R1 
cover this?  If so, where might I find the one for V5R1?

But if they didn't fix it, or I cannot find out whether they did so, is 
my Client's 170 for the scrap heap?  They are a very poor charity and 
cannot even afford a new PC! They certainly could not afford to replace 
their 170 with a second user machine, never mind a new one.  I imagine 
that the cost of upgrading to V5R2 would be way beyond them and there is 
no guarantee that it would fix the problem.

Many thanks

Best wishes

Rob