Using IMAC (Intel) monitor for external machine

I recently bought an Intel 24" IMAC , which is mahvelous, EXCEPT, (shockingly enough!) it won't run all my beloved system 9 aps. Even worse, it apparently won't run any PhotoShop, except for the latest & greate$t version. Is there any way that I can park my trusty blue/white G4 next to it & use the G4, running system 9, to drive the IMAC's lovely monitor? I realize that this is kind of doing things backwards, but, hey, I didn't start this.

If you are using PS 5.5, why not just buy a copy of Photoshop Elements 4. You can get a copy for $50-75 if you look around.
It has almost all of the features (and a few more, actually) of PS 5.5, EXCEPT you cannot do CMYK work. If you aren't doing prepress work, then Elements is a steal.
If you REALLY want to save the pennies, buy an older copy on ebay then you can buy an upgrade online for 20-30 bucks. That's a lot of trouble though, for not much savings.
For that matter, you might shop around for an OS X version of PS online. Many people are upgrading to CS2 and CS3, so there might be some deals to be had on ebay.

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