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Firstly let me say that Oasis 2 is a very great improvement over
version 1 and with all the features enabled looks like become an
exceptionally good package.
Some of the new features, even the seemingly simple ones, have made
for a much more usable prog.  The 'wipe all' function in the expire
new menu for example, it always struck me as silly to have to expire
a whole newsgroup in the usual way.  Why not just create a blank file
from scratch?

I have not had some of the problems that others have mention here
previously.  Winx causes no crashes, though I do use v2.3g which very
few others seem to have.  I have the STiK accessory installed but not
active with out problems.

My main problem with O2 is when logged-on with ICE downloading news.
At first I used PPP, this was mid evening so probably not the best
time to try anything.  I kept getting packet errors, moving the mouse
seemed to cause errors.  The news feed would drop or just give up.
The connection would drop regularly.  Barely 5 mins would go by with
a major problem (like being back to the early CAB/STiK versions).
Later I switched to SLIP.  I don't know which is better, if one is
better, or are they just different?
SLIP was initial more stable.  But it would start giving TCP checksum
errors.  The only cure was to disconnect the news and restart it.

With NOS I had got to the stage where I could leave it get on with
downloading news with little worry of a problem.  I cannot trust ICE
to be left alone for more than a few minutes.

I maybe missing something simple but I have tried just about
everything I can think of.  Are there settings of the packet size
that are less prone to error, or will I have to reduce the baud
rate?


Rich.

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