A good site for cables is   http://thesupplynet.com/  800-826-0279
Hope it helps.  Lana

Ultra wrote:

> Joe Byrnes wrote:
>
> > The only issue I ran into is that the integrated video VGA connector on the COMPAQ is mounted > halfway up the mini-tower, and the Voodoo card is mounted in THE PCI slot near the bottom. The supplied VGA loopback connector reaches, but is as tight as a clothesline. I expect it to eventually fail.
> >
> > I wrote 3DFx support (e-mail 9 to describe the problem and to ask if they could give any help at all, and got no reply whatsoever.
> >
> > Anyway, just an upgrade (and vendor support) experience to share, and if anyone has a hint as to where another low-cost VGA loopback cable of about 18 inches could be found, I'd appreciate it.
>
> The idea of loopback cable is that the shorter, the better. Long cable will give you image quality drop. If you can move the voodoo2 card up, it will be the best. If you cannot, try to find a good loopback cable with boost. low cost cable won't do good. just like VGA extension cable, long cable can
> produce so called "Ghost affect", only high quality cable can reduce or avoid bad affect.
>
> Jun Qian
>
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