Make iMac G4 into a Second screen & Harddis?

I´ve searched all over the internet, but can´t find that question.
Is this possible? Not only to drag and drop, etc but to be used as if it was a second screen.
Maju

You can use this clever program to make it pretend to be a second screen for another Mac.
http://www.screenrecycler.com/home.html
assuming the iMac G4 runs normally and can run a "VNC client" program. It works over a network connection using the VNC (screen sharing) protocol.
For the "drag and drop" part, over that same network connection, you can do File Sharing to access the iMac's hard drive from the other Mac.

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