Using a old iMac as a Secondary Display

Can I connect a Late 2006 24-inch, iMac to a 27' Late 2012 iMac and use the 2006 iMac as a secondary Display

Remove the hard drive if possible(instructions are available here and here as PDFs for some iMac G5 models), and put it in an enclosure. You cannot use a nonfunctional Mac as a display for another computer.
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    Message was edited by: LousyFool

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