Imac to projector wires

I didn't know where to put this but i really need help with this. I need a mini dvi to dvi wire which is 10 metres long. All i can find is a really short wire on the apple site. Does anybody have any suggestions to were i can find this wire?
thanks!

The imac G5's don't have mini-dvi. They have mini-vga; the intel imacs have mini-dvi. DVI and VGA are not compatible. However, you can still hook your computer up to a projector. You need a mini-vga-vga adapter which is 20 bucks from the Apple store. Then you need a VGA cable (female - female; not very expensive either). Then connect one end of the vga cable to the adapter at the computer and the other end to the projector and it should work (make sure the projector has a vga input, which it most likely does). Hope this helps.
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