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An apparatus for verification of target software loaded in a target computer. The apparatus includes communication and monitoring circuits inserted in the target computer and in a host computer which is programmed to direct operation of target software tests through the communication and monitoring

An apparatus for verification of target software loaded in a target computer. The apparatus includes communication and monitoring circuits inserted in the target computer and in a host computer which is programmed to direct operation of target software tests through the communication and monitoring circuits. The communication and monitoring circuits transmit external stimuli to the target software in a non-intrusive manner by, for example, keyboard simulation. The communication and monitoring circuits also capture target software output data for comparison with reference data stored in the host computer. Both of these operations are carried out in a non-intrusive manner in hardware, (the communication and monitoring circuits). The external stimuli including test instructions may be either recorded in a manual recording session or may be generated in the host computer. Similarly, the target software output reference data may be either generated in the host computer or recorded in a manual session. The apparatus is particularly suitable for regression testing and enables a user to detect faults at any stage of software development irrespective of how many updates are involved.

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An apparatus for non-intrusively verifying target software loaded in a target computer comprising: an input transmission circuit for transmission of external stimuli to the target software; a recording circuit for recordal of external stimuli transmitted to the target software and for recordal of co

An apparatus for non-intrusively verifying target software loaded in a target computer comprising: an input transmission circuit for transmission of external stimuli to the target software; a recording circuit for recordal of external stimuli transmitted to the target software and for recordal of corresponding output data from the target software; programming means for generating external stimuli for the target software and for generating a set of expected corresponding target software output data; storage means for storage of generated and recorded target software external stimuli as reference external stimuli and for storage of target software generated and recorded output data as a set of reference output data; and control means having means for directing transmission of the stored reference external stimuli to the target software, means for controlling recording of the corresponding target software output data, and means for comparing the recorded output data with the stored reference output data to provide a verification user output.