MD: need _brand_ for optical cable with slim grip ends
Hello QUESTION Does anyone know of a brand of cable I can buy that has a 'narrow' end? I need to know a brand, because I can't eyeball cable ends when buying from the web or mail order. DISCUSSION I have an RCA six-foot optical cable that properly fits my MD recorders and my CD player. However, the finger grips are too fat for connection to a PCI audio card when installed in a computer. When an audio card is NOT in the computer, the cable clicks into place as expected; it's the computer housing that physically prevents the cable finger-gripper part from entering sufficiently deep to allow the cable to lock into place within the optical receptacle. The optical cable bundled with my JE530 fits the PCI card when inside the computer, but that cable is only three feet long. Three feet is too short to reach from my floor-standing computer to my desk or audio rack. :-( SUMMARY I hope there's sufficient clarity for understanding my question. I need the name of a company that sells optical cables with narrow/slim finger grip ends. Thank you. -- mark gadzikowski | http://www.gadzikowski.com/news0109.html They made a weapon of our people, so that each American may wonder what it was like. We must reply in the only language they understand, or each American may find out someday. Seek protection, not vengeance. - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: need _brand_ for optical cable with slim grip ends
on 9/24/01 3:08 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone know of a brand of cable I can buy that has a 'narrow' end? I need to know a brand, because I can't eyeball cable ends when buying from the web or mail order. Try this http://www.radioshack.com/product.asp?catalog%5Fname=CTLGcategory%5Fname=C TLG%5F002%5F002%5F002%5F000product%5Fid=15%2D1583 or here http://www.radioshack.com/category.asp?catalog%5Fname=CTLGcategory%5Fname= CTLG%5F002%5F002%5F002%5F000Page=3 HTH! Ed What the Heckman [EMAIL PROTECTED] +--+ | How a person masters his fate is more important than what his| | fate is. | | -- Wilhelm von Humboldt | +--+ - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: need _brand_ for optical cable with slim grip ends
Mark Gadzikowski wrote, | I have an RCA six-foot optical cable that properly fits my MD | recorders and my CD player. ... When an | audio card is NOT in the computer, the cable clicks into place as | expected; it's the computer housing that physically prevents the | cable finger-gripper part from entering sufficiently deep to allow | the cable to lock into place within the optical receptacle. | The optical cable bundled with my JE530 fits the PCI card when inside | the computer, but that cable is only three feet long. Three feet is | too short to reach from my floor-standing computer to my desk or | audio rack. Another solution might be to get a TOSlink coupler. Insert the short cable into the card, couple its other end to the long cable, and you'll have a nine-foot optical connection that fits the card and reaches the desk and the rack. - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
