Accessing PowerPC applications in Mountain Lion

Hi everyone, apologies if my questions have been asked before, but I was unable to find an answer.
My problem is that I just upgraded to Mountain Lion from Snow Leopard and discovered that one of my programs doesn't work because it is a PowerPC application. I only need temporary access to the program in order to export my data to a new version of the same program.
Should I create an external drive that can run PowerPC applications? Is that difficult to do? I have a full retail version of the Snow Leopard OS. Is creating an external drive the best option for the temporary access that I need? Could I simply boot my now Mountain Lion machine from the Snow Leopard DVD, access the program via my external Super Duper backup, and export my data from there?
Thanks for your help!
Brad

Could I boot in Mac OS X 10.6 using my DVD and access the program in question on my Super Duper external clone without having to create a bootable partition?
Sorry but no. The install DVD does not allow access to any other volumes. You'll have to install 10.6 on some volume.
Regards.

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