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* The ''MNIB'' was developed in 2000-2004 by Markus Brenner. It has been succeeded by [[#sw nibtools|NIBTOOLS]].

* The ''NIBTOOLS'' is a disk transfer program designed for copying original disks and converting them into G64 and D64 disk image formats on a PC. NIBTOOLS requires [[#sw opencbm|OpenCBM]]. NIBTOOLS is based on [[#sw mnib|MNIB]] and was developed since 2005 by Pete Rittwage.<ref name=nibtools>{{cite web|url=http://diskpreservation.com/nibtools |title=NIBTOOLS at the Disk Preservation Project |publisher=diskpreservation.com |date= |accessdate=2013-10-11}}</ref>

* The ''OpenCBM'' allows for access to a VIC 1540, 1541, 1570, 1571, or even 1581 floppy drive from the PC on Windows NT, 2000 and XP. With OpenCBM you can copy D64 or D71 images from a real drive to the PC, or from the PC to a real drive with the help of ''d64copy''. Furthermore, you can copy single files in both directions. Some more tools (for example, cbmctrl) are given, too. OpenCBM started out as ''cbm4linux'', a Linux-only solution written in 1999-2003 by Michael Klein.<ref name=cbm4linux>{{cite web |url=http://www.lb.shuttle.de/puffin/cbm4linux/ |title=Home of cbm4linux |publisher=Lb.shuttle.de |date= |accessdate=2013-10-11 |archive-date=2006-09-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060926153103/http://www.lb.shuttle.de/puffin/cbm4linux/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Spiro Trikaliotis ported it over to the Windows platform in 2005 under the name ''cbm4win''. With version 0.4.0, both versions were joined back into one source with the common name ''OpenCBM''. For Windows, due to limitations of the drivers of the cards, it is unlikely that PCI or CardBus cards will work. However, ISA cards will work. For Linux, chances are high that all cards will work.<ref name=opencbm>{{cite web|url=https://www.trikaliotis.net/opencbm |title=OpenCBM on Spiro's home on the web |publisher=Trikaliotis.net |date= |accessdate=2013-10-11}}</ref>

* The ''Personal C64'' is a Commodore 64 emulator that supports transfer to/from 1541 disk drive. It was developed in 1994-1997 by Wolfgang Lorenz.<ref name=personal64>{{cite web|url=http://www.zimmers.net/anonftp/pub/cbm/crossplatform/emulators/msdos/pc64/PC64-en.html |title=Home of Personal C64 |publisher=Zimmers.net |date=1997-06-05 |accessdate=2013-10-11}}</ref>

* The ''Star Commander'' copies files and disks between a PC and the Commodore 1541/1570/1571/1581 drive, optionally using fast loader. Star Commander was developed in 1994-2010 by Joe Forster/STA.<ref name=starcommander>{{cite web|url=http://sta.c64.org/sc.html |title=Home of Star Commander |publisher=Sta.c64.org |date=2010-01-11 |accessdate=2013-10-11}}</ref> Commodore disk drives expect a tighter synchronization than the Commander can keep under a multi-tasking PC operating system. The best results is therefore obtained by running the Commander under plain DOS.<ref>[http://sta.c64.org/scdoc.html Documentation of StarCommander], section 3</ref>