THE MESSAGE BELOW IS FROM ADMINISTRATIVE NOTES,
VOL. 16, #12  (Sept. 15, 1995).


STF3A "GO" Software Problems Corrected

Item Number:  0154-F-01
SuDocs Number: C 3.282/2:

        The Library Programs Service has been advised by the Bureau of
Census that inconsistencies have been noted in producing STF3A output
files for metropolitan areas (summary levels 319, 321, 329, 331, 340, and
341) or urbanized areas (summary levels 420, 430, 440, 450, and 460) in
the following states:  Alabama, Arkansas, California (Los Angeles disc
#8), Illinois Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi,
Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania,
Tennessee, Texas, and Wisconsin.  In these records, the area name appears
correctly on the screen, but when output files are created, the area
names may be incorrectly assigned to the proper data tables.  All FIPS
codes on the printout, however, are correct.

        The most recent version of the GO software (Version 2.5e)
contains a correction for this problem.  It also includes enhancements
such as more efficient memory management and multi-user LAN capability.
Users may access this software in three ways:

        1)      download from the Internet via WWW, ftp or the Census
Bulletin Board (See instructions below);

        2)      e-mail to the webmaster@census.gov;

        3)      on diskette via FedEx (contact Customer Services at
301-457-4100 to request a free diskette and/or additional information.

        To access the software via WWW, connect to
http://www.census.gov.  Then select Other Topics, then select STF3A
software.  You may also access the file by selecting the http files or
ftp files from the Cenus Bureau homepage.  After selecting either the
http files or ftp files, select the CD-Apps directory and then select the
GO3A.EXE file.

        To access the software via anonymous ftp, type
                ftp ftp.census.gov,
        login: anonymous
        password: your e-mail address, then
                cd pub/CD-Apps, then type
        bin, then type
                get go3a.exe.
        When the transfer has taken place type: bye.

        To access the software via the Census Bureau's Bulletin Board:
                dial 301-457-2310
        complete the registration menu
        select 1 (one) for Open Forum-General Information
        select F for Go To Files Transfer Menu
        select R for CD-ROM Software Download Areas
        at the File Area Command prompt, select 2 for GO software
        at the prompt, type d GO3A.EXE

        The files are self-un-archiving, executable program files.  After
downloading the file to either the hard disc or a diskette, type the name
of the file and it willl extract the executable program file, and README
file and a GO.BAT file.

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