Controlling Powermac G4 with powerbook G4 keyboard- oT?

This may be off topic. My questions is this. I have a Powermac G4- dual 867. It has music DSP cards installed(UAD-1 etc). I travel frequently on short road trips and I want to be able to do some writing and mixing while on the road. Several of my projects where created on desktop using DSP card plug-ins which don't exist on my laptop (12in G4). Tha makes for some crashes and inoperability on the powerbook. Sometimes, projects just open without being able to find the DSP plugs- no problem.
I'd like to carry the G4 tower with me but operate the Desktop G4 from the laptop keyboard. Is that possible ? To use the 12" Powerbook g4 as a keyboard only ? Or even better to use the screen and keyboard to boot-in to the Desktop.
That would allow me to run all of my projects from the G4 without having to carry a monitor and keyboard only the tower.
Thanks

Yes, this is possible as long as you will have an Ethernet cable to go between the PB and the desktop. You can remote control the desktop via your laptop using Apple Remote Desktop, or VNC. The former costs money, but the latter is free and already built-in to 10.3 or later (works in 10.2.8 or higher, but you may need to install this if it's not there already).
Go to System Preferences > Sharing > Services and enable Apple Remote Desktop. Then open Access Privileges and check the box that says "VNC viewers may control screen with password" and enter a password. Now your computer can be controlled remotely with a VNC application such as Chicken of the VNC.
As long as you have an Ethernet cable between the two machines, you will be fine. However, you will need to assign IP addresses to both hosts. You could easily set up a new location for both Macs. If you don't really understand networking, just use 192.168.1.1 for one host and 192.168.1.2 for the other. Subnet mask of 255.255.255.0 and the rest can be left blank. This should get you going.
* Note * The IP addresses above assume that you are using a single Ethernet cable between the two hosts. If you are hooking into a network, it's best to use DHCP if available or find out what the IP address space being used is. You wouldn't want to use those addresses if they were being used by another host.
I have used this method to control Macs remotely, and it works. Sometimes it seems slow, so try it to see if it meets your needs. There is also another VNC server that you could try to use, aptly named OSXvnc. I haven't tried it though.
Good luck!
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