There are several ways to use a CD's with Commodore 64 software on it:-

(1) D64 CABLE  -Software & cable will transfer Whole Disk Sides from PC to C64, or C64 to PC.

(2) CD ROM-COMMANDER  64 -By using the program , you can use a standard SCSI CDROM Drive on your Commodore 64.  (But you must first have a CMD Hard Drive as these have a SCSI port on the back.)

(3) GATEWAY - GEOS CDROM-"1541-EMULATOR": This CDROM Driver for GATEWAY & CMD HARD DRIVE, allows you to Mount a Virtual Drive or Image Drive, using any D64 Image File that you have on a CDROM. This makes it very easy to copy specific PRG files from a CD to HD or Floppy.

(4) 64HDD - By using 64HDD software you can transfer files driectly from a PC's CDROM Drive using the   X1541 or XE1541 cable.

(5) RS232 - By using a NULL-MODEM CABLE & an RS232 interface  to transfer files from PC to C64.

(6) STAR COMMANDER - This program supports many cables, X1541, XE1541,XP1541,etc.

 

EMULATERS

(7)  CCS64 - By using a Commodore 64 Emulator on your PC, like CCS64 you can play all the games & demos and even use Cartridges. This is the simplest method and will work Emmediately on most PC's.

(8) VICE One of best ever Commodore Emulators, also emulates VIC20, C128, PET, PLUS4, C16 etc...