Currently there are many ways to transfer programs to your DTV. They
mostly depend on what you want to achieve and the peripherals you have.
Common transfer methods are:
Using a DTV Joystick Port (or the User Port)
- Use DTVTrans by Daniel Kahlin (tlr)
- Fast (~12kBytes/Sec). PC with parallel port and special cable
needed. Data can be transferred to the C64DTV’s RAM this way.
Bootstrapping can be done using a small BASIC program (see
boot.txt included in DTVTrans download).
- With the PC-based parallel X1541
cable or XE1541
cable and some PC-based C64 floppy
emulation like 64hdd
- Extremely slow, some compatibility issues, DOS/FAT needed
- With a real C64 floppy drive
(1541,
1581,…)
- Slow but of course highly compatible, using 1541 need a way to
write data on a floppy (real C64), widespread solution by the
way.
- With the MMC2IEC SD &
MMC based drive
- With the 1541-III SD
Card based drive
DTVLoad
DTVLoad is a transfer program for the Hummer, an addition to the
modified C64 Kernel that is standard in the Hummer ROM.
Any data loaded into the DTV’s RAM can be transferred to its FlashROM
afterwards using the Flash utility.
Transferring data without hardware modifications is not possible
since the DTV does not feature any input connectors.