the tar ball i downloaded was linked to from within the documentation. i.e in the Openacs installation step 2.
"You should already have downloaded the OpenACS tarball to the /tmp directory. THIS LINK-->If noot, download the OpenACS tarball<--THIS LINK and save it in /tmp and proceed: "
So that is probably the link that is out of date. I will dload the newer version now.
Thanks and can I just say that I think its great that you have an interest in making it easy for people to get into OpenACS.
Dave