Old iMac allowed slave monitor- new iMac?

I had a slave monitor attached to my older iMac connencted via VGA to Mac adapter- very handy for dragging stuff from one to the other and creating lots of real estate.
Can the new Mac do this and if so how- the monitor has HDMI, DVA, VGA, SDIF input connections.
TIA
David

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