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Oasis Report - D.M.Brewood - Updated: 26/11/96  # 048  (posted not posted to 
=====================================================  testers) 
 
 
Comment list posted to the following official beta testers: 
 
Colin Bernau      (colbee@tyndale.apana.org.au) 
David Greenhough  (green@spirit.demon.co.uk) 
Rod Keen          (beta@gaiasys.demon.co.uk) 
Neil Martin       (trumpeter@cix.compulink.co.uk) 
Gary Priest       (gary@the-gap.demon.co.uk) 
Dave Levi         (dave@levihome.demon.co.uk) [Coder] 
Phil Yeadon       (phil@yeadontt.demon.co.uk) [Coder] 
Boris D. Cahan    (bdc2@po.cwru.edu) 
Brian Baird       (brian@sol.co.uk) 
Nick Flintham     (nick@flinny.demon.co.uk) 
Paul Baker        (pbaker@mettav.demon.co.uk) 
Frank Charlton    (frank@tachyon.demon.co.uk) 
James Partner     (jpartner@cix.compulink.co.uk) 
 
 
Test Machine: Falcon 030 running MagiC4 with Thing, operating in 1152 x 
              832 x 16 colours. 
 
This comment  list  will also  be  posted in  the  NeST  N.SUP.OASIS_ICE* 
message echo on a monthly basis. 
 
* = Echo now gated with the AtariNet A.SUP.OASIS_ICE echo. 
 
This data is based on the alpha version(s) provided on: 
 
ICE      =  08 October  2.10� 
OASIS2   =  08 October  2.10� (same issue as the package). 
ICE_NET  =  08 October  2.00� 
 
Package 2.01 was the first stable release version. 
 
Package 2.05 released 03/06/96. 
 
Package 2.10 is under alpha test by myself now. 
 
 
New in ICE since the last beta OASIS2 release: 
============================================== 
 
 
2.10� 
 
- TCP checksum error problems fixed 100% 
- News History file update for numerical format. 
- All IP routines now in machine code. 
- FTP now supports use of anon as well as ftp as a username. 
- When an 'IP: Bad checksum' error message is displayed the ERROR_PING 
  flag is not picked up and no ping is generated - fixed. 
- ICE Usenet Window does not always display contents - fixed. 
- Clock adjustment code implemented in ICE. 
- Mail index system implemented. 
- Neil Martins' "Incoming news keeps stalling with bad packet (IP) 
  errors (PPP)" problem has been cured by installing HSMODA07 on his TT. 
- IP: bad checksum bug when after starting a SLIP connection or bad 
  packets when a PPP connection is started - fixed. 
- When ftp'ing to Demon's WWW homepages ICE no longer gives error 550 
  (Access Denied) as soon as the home directory is entered. 
- Error 008 in ICE when sending a 251k news binary and bringing in a 
  283k email. After error 008 crashes back to MagDesk, even throwing 
  Thing out, and locks the Falcon solid - Fixed. 
- Ftp upload options now active. 
- When making an Ftp upload the filenames can be set to be in lower or 
  upper case. 
- Mail packet queue now limited to 7k held at both ends of the link. 
- Ftp multiple directory redraw problems cured. 
- R/S 'light' flickering fixed. 
- Adjustment of receive data window size inceases throughput 
  dramatically. 
- TT memory problems illiminated. 
- Telnet ANSI (colour) (inactive). 
- SNOW beta released. 
- Dynamic TCP window allocation. 
- Two ftp bugs fixed. 
- News routines turned partailly into machine code. 
- Ftp division zero bug fixed. 
- Error bell operation cleaned up. 
- ICE loading dialog added. 
- Event handling system speeded up. 
- CPS indicator in Socket Window. 
- SLIP decryption routines converted into machine code. 
- Routines tweeked and speeded up. 
- Text in the viewer window now uses the full width of the window and 
  does not wrap unless needed. 
- GMT / Groups file timing bug fixed, resulting in the hour of missing 
  news, and not seeing your own posts bugs being eliminated. 
- ListNews bugs fixed. 
- Get new newsgroups routines fixed. 
- SMTP/ESMTP interface fixed. 
- No node name now supported. 
- MagiC 5 compatability. 
- High resolution font code added in. 

- Telnet now fully working ofline.
- Get all headers bug fixed.

 
New in OASIS2 since the last beta OASIS2 release: 
================================================= 
 
 
2.10� 
 
- Font size controls added to Oasis. 
- Complete MIME send routines ( Partials created Automatically ) with 
  iconic control panel. 
- GMT offset system recoded - now does not reset system clock. 
- Send MIME bugs fixed when using external editor. 
- Not enough disk space when unbatching news no longer results in the 
  incoming mail being deleted. 
- MIME partial size selectable. 
- 'Mail To:' support added for MIME. 
- In the Outbound window - Window header should changed to show 'outbound'. 
- Time / Datestamping of files. 
- MIME partials marked as expired once processed into a single MIME. 
- 'A' flag now indicates in the mail window that an automatic Oasis 
  function has occured. 
- Local time shown in the newsgroup details dialog, but GMT still written 
  to the groups file. 
- Spell checker added to OasisEd2. 
- De-fragging system built in to Oasis to stop problems when unbatching 
  news. 
- Implemented use of SHIFT HOME to move cursor to the bottom of the mail 
  and news windows. 
- Two bugs from: Stephen Mulrine <robotron@moroder.demon.co.uk> fixed: 
   - If an outgoing mail message has a line beginning with a dot, the dot 
     will vanish in transit. 
   - If an incoming mail message has a line beginning with a dot, an extra 
     dot will appear (I assume). 
- Defragging routines debugged. 
- Resources updated. 
- Newsgroup file size shown in the Group Maint window (Kbytes). 
- MIME send to multiple address bug fixed. 
- Support for mail index implemented. 
- Notification of new emails for each user. 
- Mail save bugs fixed. 
- Overview bug fixed when adding users to yellow pages from news. 
- Reply to Thread bug fixed. 
- Window handling bugs fixed with respect to font window. 
- Folding bugs fixed. 
- Crashing after selection new user after opening font window fixed. 
- Trim bugs in MIME fixed. 
- EOF mail indexing bugs fixed. 
- Anon-Server support added. 
- Anon support added in for news. 
- Blank line bug in Anon headers fixed. 
- Folded lines in headers now end with a comma to eliminate the parse 
  errors on e-mails. 
- News posting problem (introuced in 24/8/96 version) fixed. 
- Group Details dialog performance improved (not changed). 
- Add new groups bug for multi-users fixed. 
- Oasis.news group added for storing copies of outbound news. 
- Group details dialogue reworked in operation. 
- Path change bug after running a FROND - fixed. 
- MIME forwarding drastically improved. 
- Ability to 'guard' the 'oasis.news' newsgroup. 
- ALT M now works for Newsgroup Headers. 
- MIME support added in fully for all aspects of Oasis (Outgoing, etc) 
- MIME window size reduced. 
- When reading news post new now works. 
- References bug fixed. 
- Icons added to info line. 
- MagiC 5 compatible. 
- oasis.archive newsgroups added for archiving news. 
- Multi-user support for oasis.news and oasis.archive. 
- Multi-user support for Outmail. 
- Unbatch routines improved. 
- Threads can now be archived. 
- New pop-up system implemented for Mailshots. 
- Scrolling pop-up added to reworked log on dialogue. 
- Save defaults added to log on pop-up. 
- Ability to retrieve articles now can be toggled. 
- Unbatch decrement counter added.
- Save logon defaults bug fixed.
- Upgrade program now handles upgrades from 2.05 to 2.10
  including all inbetween alpha versions.
- Initial loading dialogues added.
- If the system runs out of windows Oasis prints a warning and exits 
  cleanly.
- Guarded/Unguarded bug fixed for time limit of zero.
- To be fixed within 24 hours: Refile mail pop-up corruption, mime 
  extract.
- To go to the top of the list: MIME reading in news.




New in ICE_NET since the last beta OASIS2 release: 
================================================== 
 
1.26� 
 
- Mydials removed and in house code generated. 
- Windows style pop-up's added. 
- Frond Support added. 
- Font size controls added to Oasis. 
- Dialogues reworked. 
- Unbatch & Post Local flag bugs fixed. 
- Support for ftp upload added. 
- Incompatibility problems with OASIS fixed. 
- Support for Anon-Servers added. 

- Unbatch size added. 
- Recoded using menu's.
 
 
New in Spider since the first official OASIS2 release: 
====================================================== 
 
- Basic code evolving. 
- Code written to display raw text without HTML tags. 
- Now coded in machine code. 
- 'Entity' decoding added. 
 
List of possible bugs discovered in ICE so far: 
=============================================== 
 
- Fix PPP packet bug where carrier drops. 
- ICE does not exit straight away when selecting Quit in the menu if 
  the various windows are iconified. 
- News window blanks out after dialer window has closed. 
 
From Boris: 
 
1) PPP no longer works for me. Fortunately my provider has slip as well, 
which does work with the same program just fine. The provider, which thank 
god is free, assures me that ppp is OK. Unfortunately, when I downloaded, 
I lost the last version, so can't go back and check it. It loads ok, but 
when I kick news, I get two bombs, and it dies, although I can still access 
the menus and quit. 
 
Reply: Problem here is system is trying to kick in link quality monitoring 
system and is not negotiating. Fix will be done. 
 
 
2) SNOW works only in the sense that it comes up everytime I load ICE, 
but other than looking pretty, does absolutely nothing! If I change speeds 
with it, I get the old speed. If I start with another speed, it stays there 
after it runs. 
 
Reply: SNOW.PRG must sit in /FRONDS/ directory and run from desktop, then 
options set and then the config saved. Will then initilise properly. Program 
must be called SNOW.PRG. 
 
3) Why does news always give "duplicate file" messages? Is it because of GMT 
vs. DST in the system? I notice I am the only beta tester in the states, 
and thus not on GMT. (Oops, one of two) 
 
Reply: Can you clarify exactly where the error occurs and give examples. Need 
to know: load in GROUPS or GROUPS.DAT file and record nine digit time number 
against newsgroup. Access news and after finishing go back into file and get 
the revised number. Record time of access in GMT and send to Dave. 
 
From Colin: 
 
1) All versions: IP Checksum error on connecting. 
 
Reply: Drop DTE speed from 115200 to 57600. 
 
2) All versions: : TCP Checksum errors during news downloads, often 
stalling completely after up to 16 errors reported. 
 
Reply: DTE speed should solve this. 
 
3) Mail still inconsistent - often only accesses first item, and often 
downloads none. I'm rather loathe to try it at the moment - last time it did 
download 4 items, they were deleted! Yes, I am using the latest versions! 
 
Reply: BUG fixed in 2.06. 
 
4) FTP seems to have gone downhill with the latest versions. With 2.01, 
I was impressed with the speed of connection, retrieving directories, 
and downloading. Currently, this is much slower, often stalling half 
way through getting the directory. BTW, I _am_ using HSmodem7, have tried 6 
as well, and now also using SNOW. 
        
Reply: Again DTE lowering will remove errors - bad packets not reported for 
FTP 
 
List of possible bugs discovered in ICE_NET so far: 
=================================================== 
 
- $GET_IP seems to be sensitive to spaces - it wouldn't get my IP address 
  because I'd missed the space which is sent after the string it watches 
  for.. Unfortunately Ice_Net won't let you put a trailing space in the 
  string lines. [Brian Baird: 90:100/113] 
 
Reply: Can you please send your configs again please? 
 
From Colin: 
 
I've had trouble also with the recent versions of ICE NET, which wouldn't 
save my configuration, but had to go back to old versions to set up again 
after the crash. 
 
Reply: No problems seen here, recommend checking out your hard disk. 
 
List of possible bugs discovered in OASIS2: 
=========================================== 
 
- Daily Net window does not resize to accomodate the size of the 
  newsgroup names [ Falcon only ]. 
- When adding a group of new newsgroups the first group is sometimes not 
  added into the groups file, or is added with a garbaged description. 
- Exporting MIME test to a file results in the header only being exported. 
 
From Boris: 
 
1) When expiring news, it will often (not always, tho') crash with two bombs 
after expiring. 
 
Reply: Known problem with memory, presumed fixed in 2.10. 
 
2) I am not POSITIVE, but I suspect that Oasis is slowly trashing my disks! 
I keep getting orphan files on the disk where Oasis resides. I have cleaned 
them out, run Oasis, and then SOMETIMES there are more! It may be related 
to the bombs when it crashes, leaving partial files. 
 
Reply: Recommend clean up hard disk, check FAT with Diamond Edge. Not 
responsible for operating system problems. 
 
3) I think it would help if the expire, and mark as read menus came up 
with "group" marked as the default. I like to mark with the keyboard, rather 
than the mouse, and I am forced to use it to mark the dot each time. 
 
Reply: No, each user has their own preferences, and Phil's rule! 
 
From Colin: 
 
1) I reinstalled the complete package two days ago, since after giving me 
errors 22 and 11, Oasis2 overwrote the whole partition!! Since the new 
installation, it seems to have run better, still with the above problems, but 
not as often, and has also locked up with an error 65. 
 
Reply: Error 22 is file already open, 11 is not GFA basiC 3 program, suggest 
hard disk errors, 
 
The following other files are maintained by myself for the OASIS2 / ICE 
system: 
 
FAQ.TXT      - Frequently Asked Questions. 
 
These will be posted by request only: 
 
NEW_ICE.TXT  - ICE Net Development History. 
NEW_IC2.TXT  - ICE Development History 
NEW_OASI.TXT - OASIS2 Development History. 
TO_DO.TXT    - To-Do List for OASIS2 / ICE. 
WANTED.TXT   - Things needed for OASIS2 / ICE devleopment. 
 
Continually updated versions of this file may be found on my WWW 
pages, on http://www.nest.demon.co.uk/ 
 
Phil Yeadon and Dave Levi have my full permission to use this listing as a 
master listing, and to thereby generate history files for Oasis/Ice 
release archives. This entire listing however as always remains the 
property of myself. 
 
Daron Brewood    - dbrewood@cix.compulink.co.uk 
                 - dbrewood@nest.demon.co.uk 
                 - 90:90/0.0@nest.ftn 
 

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