MS FS 2000?

Hi all...need your veteran fs opinion. Building a pc for my Dad. Basically
just a surfing and emailing machine. He likes some casino games so this is
what the rig is built for.

I was thinking of loading fs 2000 as a little bonus. I need to know if it
will run ok on the system.

AMD XP 2500 (1.83G)
512mb pc 3200 ram
ATI 9000 radeon 64mb

the gfx card is low end but I am hoping this sim might run fine on this
machine? Any info would be appreciated.

Also...can it be controlled by keyboard? I have a thrustmaster stick here
but the drivers were always finicky.

Thanks in advance...

DC