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I do not know of any available application that can communicate with the
bridgeboard.
According to the docs, the two can communicate in real time, and parallel
process if needed. (There are references to "number crunching" on the
Bridgeboard side, and using the Amiga side for graphics and out put based
on the data stream coming from the Bridgeboard.
I quote from the 1989 version of the manual…. "One of the most powerful
features of the Amiga/Bridgeboard desing is the ability to run software
tailored specifically to take advantage of the combined strengths of the
Amiga and PC systems. For example, a hybrid A2286 system using 80286 abd
80287 processors on the PC side could be performing process monitoring
while the 68xxx series processor on the Amiga side is handling real-time
graphics display of the process monitoring. (Page 3 1989 manual.)
Sadly, I've seen nothing commercial, or PD/Shareware, that utilizes both
processors. I've also seen nothing that documents how such a system would
work, so that I might be able to experiment with it. It would be great if
C= would release some libraries for a MS-Dos C compiler that would
facilitate such communication, along with a library for the Amiga side.
I sometimes wonder if it was something that was one of those
half-thoughtthrough, well-it-ought-to-work ideas, that passed along to the
tech writers, who just through it in.