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Apr 19, 2014 4:58 PM in response to The4carby Allan Jones,Target Display mode did not exist until after Apple moved to MiniDisplay ports and later Thunderbolt.
You may be able to use network screen sharing:
http://www.screenrecycler.com/download.html
Note there is a version for OS10.4 through 10.6. If the G4 has 10.3 or less I believe you would be out of luck. Be sure to read all teh tech notes by teh download links.
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Apr 21, 2014 11:35 AM in response to Allan Jonesby a brody,Screen Recycler does not work cross Mac CPU platforms of Intel and PowerPC. VPN solutions are easiler, and there is 10.5 iChat Screen Sharing you could use.
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Apr 21, 2014 5:47 PM in response to The4carby countryjack,If you mostly or only want the data, I'd pull the hard drive out of the g4, put it in one of the external usb cable/converters or usb/drive bay and use it there. The caution mentioned by others applies...this will not let your new machine run the old PPC programs, but it would let you get the drive on the desktop, and copy off data files to convert to whatever programs you now run on the new machine. Or if you get the g4 to boot up, you could use ethernet, or other networking solutions.
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Apr 28, 2014 3:00 PM in response to The4carby stevefromashby-de-la-zouch,Depending on the version of OS X you could use the in built screen sharing function. My G5 has no monitor connected to it and I just access it via file sharing and screen sharing when necessary. If your newer machine is on Mavericks it should work well. On the G4 just go to sharing settings and tick screen sharing to on and connect to it through finder on the newer machine.