Use PB G4 as an external display?

Hi All,
Just bought a PM G5 but haven't got a display yet. Is there a way to connect it to my PB and employ the later as a display only??? I just want to access the system profiler of the G5 and verify the hardware details. I foolishly assumed I can do that in target disk mode but proved wrong indeed - running the PB G4 in target disk mode permitted to operate the OS and the software on G5 but under System profiler I get the PB details.
Any ideas?
Thank you in advance for the help.

Try ScreenRecycler (have not used it, but seems to be what you are looking for):
ScreenRecycler Readme
DESCRIPTION
Many Mac users have a spare computer sitting right next to their main computer on their desk including a nice display. ScreenRecycler now enables you to use this spare computer as second display for your Mac. You can even use an idle machine for that purpose.
It’s like a dual monitor setup without the need to buy an additional monitor.
Just start ScreenRecycler on your Mac then connect to ScreenRecycler via VNC from your old machine.
Use any machine as additional monitor on your Mac !
http://www.screenrecycler.com/ScreenRecycler.html

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