LOOKUP
For WWW clients (Netscape, Mosaic, Lynx, etc.) with forms capability,
an experimental WWW server
retrieves data from
1990 Census Summary Tape Files STF1A, STF1C, STF3A, and STF3C.
shell scripts
and
DBUTIL
UNIX users with NFS Internet access can imitate sample shell scripts
which use DBUTIL to extract selected data from 1990 Census data files.
With DBUTIL you can obtain a few data elements not available in LOOKUP,
for example land and water area. You can run DBUTIL in batch mode, using
script files which can be easily modified for different runs.
NFS
With the necessary software, most Internet computers can use the
NFS (Network File Services)
protocol to use the CD-ROMs exactly as if they were locally mounted.
PC users with NFS Internet access have several software options:
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