Anyone used another iMac as a second display?

I was thinking about getting another display for some more realistate while i'm editing and was trying to make it as asthetically pleasing as possible when this idea struck me. Why not find a broken or abandoned iMac out there and use it as a second display. Doesn't have to have anything in it except the display i just think it would look really nice having them side by side. Has anyone seen or done this? Any idea what the ouput from the monitor to the motherboard is? Anyone have an iMac to donate to my cause?

If you had a working iMac, you can use this clever app to make it into your second display over a network connection and VNC.
http://www.screenrecycler.com/home.html
I was thinking the iMac G4, with its infinitely adjustable swing arm would make a great second display. You can probably get one of those (working) in the 17-inch size for less than $300.
I use Screen Recycler to give my iMac a third display (on an old PC laptop running Ubuntu Linux).

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