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Suntan Special 0.69
Neil Waldhauer:
Suntan Special 0.69 has been released
The newest release of Suntan Special, version 0.69, is available. Suntan Special is a system configuration tool that installs and maintains a collection of useful fixes, applications and development tools to ArcaOS, OS/2 or eComStation systems.
http://www.blondeguy.com/suntan6.html
Current Suntan Special users are entitled to upgrade to 0.69. The upgrade may be downloaded using the application refresh feature of Suntan Special.
Suntan Special may be downloaded at no charge. The price for a Suntan Special CD or DVD is $24.95 including shipping to USA and $39.95 for shipping outside USA.
The first release of Suntan Special since 2019. This release fixes a few bugs, and adds support for HobbesArchive and its mirrors. Version 0.69 adds better support for installations under VirtualBox. A new feature, MasterSequence, detects the operating system creates and executes a sequence designed to install all available fixes and applications. Thanks to current users whose suggestions have been incorporated in the new version of Suntan Special.
Support is also restored for OS/2 Warp 4 and for OS/2 Warp 4 Convenience Pack. These concentrate on support inside a VirtualBox session. If you got OS/2 running, and wonder what it is good for, Suntan Special will install a suite of software that will answer that question.
aziz:
I gave this a short run. The software installs fine. However it attempts to connect to ftp.blondeguy.com on the first run. It never succeeds. Also attempts to manually reach that ftp site, using firefox for example, do not succeed.
Neil Waldhauer:
Thanks for the report. I'll have to think about why you can't access FTP. I can reach it from here.
P.R.:
--- Quote from: aziz on August 17, 2025, 01:50:14 am ---I gave this a short run. The software installs fine. However it attempts to connect to ftp.blondeguy.com on the first run. It never succeeds. Also attempts to manually reach that ftp site, using firefox for example, do not succeed.
--- End quote ---
I also briefly tested the new version. The installation ran smoothly - apart from a small error message in the log (see screenshot).
Yes, the hostname can be resolved, but I can't establish a connection either. Entering the update.zip address in Firefox also results in a timeout. There seems to be a problem with the FTP server.
I've attached a screenshot of my log.
Dave Yeo:
It connects here from western Canada, wants authentication though.
What is the result of,
--- Code: ---tracerte ftp.blondeguy.com
--- End code ---
Should end with,
--- Code: ---19 blondeguy.com (63.249.102.192) 50 ms 50 ms 50 ms
--- End code ---
or similar.
BTW, from Firefox, ftp://ftp.blondeguy.com
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