Designed for use in QA labs - VBE
Test Suite allows you to write script files to test
VBE modes in a more flexible and time efficient manner.
The tests can be quick, comprehensive, or any combination
in between. VBE Test will cycle through the selected
modes and tests and allow problems to be recorded into
a log file for future reference. All that is required
during testing is the press of a key at the end of
each individual test. VBE Test both stress tests the
underlying BIOS implementation to ensure that machine
registers are correctly preserved across calls, as
well as displaying screens that can be visually verified
by QA personnel. When your BIOS passes VBE Test Suite's
compliance testing procedures, there is an extremely
high chance that application software and games will
run correctly on your BIOS implementation.
Designed for For BIOS Engineers -
There is full source code and pre-built modules for
debugging with Watcom C++ (for other compilers you
will have to re-compile the source code). One of the
biggest problems with developing VBE compatible BIOS
code is interpreting the specification the same way
that developers using your BIOS have interpreted it.
VBE Test is built from the same source code used to
build the SciTech SuperVGA Kit and SciTech MGL professional
graphics libraries. These graphics libraries are used
by most professional game developers coding to the
VBE BIOS specifications. Using the source code to
VBE Test, your BIOS engineers can quickly see how
calls to the BIOS code are strung together to achieve
a desired effect (such as page flipping, virtual scrolling,
etc). This information is invaluable in helping your
BIOS engineers write correct code to implement these
functions.
All the features of the "QA Edition" plus
full source code. The perfect solution for Engineering
teams tasked with designing a VBE 3.0 compliant Bios.
