Running virtual PC on iMac G3

Hello forum. I'm new at this, so please forgive me if I do something stupid! I have taken over running an annual seminar which has a database that runs in ACT (a PC program). I've been successfully running the database under Virtual PC/OSX on my PowerBook G4, but I want to hand over the running of it to my wife who is running my old iMac G3. I've just discovered I can run Virtual PC under System 9.2 on my old iMac G3 and want to know the best way to do it. My RAM is currently 640MB. I can upgrade this to 1gig can I? My hard drive is only 6GB so I have bought a 160GB Firewire external hard drive from a friend for a song. Instead of installing everything on my poor little internal hard drive, can I install Virtual PC, Windows Software, ACT and my database on the external hard drive and run everything off there? Will it be quick enough to do database updates, emailing, etc. Also my hard drive seems to run slow and I'm wondering if I should copy it across to the external hard drive, erase the internal hard disk and reinstall everything. I have all the original system disks etc. What's the best way to do this if I do? I guess I'm looking for the optimal solution so that I can get the best performance out of Virtual PC on my iMac.
Many thanks for any help in advance!
iMac Graphite G3 400mhz Mac OS 9.2.x 640MB RAM

markafarrelly, Welcome to the discussion area!
My RAM is currently 640MB. I can upgrade this to 1gig can I?
Yes
...can I install Virtual PC, Windows Software, ACT and my database on the external hard drive and run everything off there?
Yes
Will it be quick enough to do database updates, emailing, etc.
It will be at least as fast as doing the same thing from the internal drive.
I guess I'm looking for the optimal solution so that I can get the best performance out of Virtual PC on my iMac.
I would either (a) install everything (OS X and everything else) on the external drive and use that as the boot drive, or (b) replace the internal drive with a larger capacity (up to 120 GB) drive and install everything on that.

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