Connecting a 15" MBP to an arcade cabinet CRT

Hello all,
I'm interested in hooking up my 15" MBP to an arcade cabinet's CRT display. The CRT takes VGA input and requires a 15 KHz horizontal refresh rate. I'll be using the Apple DVI -> VGA adapter that came with my MBP.
I am somewhat worried about damaging the CRT by outputting an incompatible signal. Thus, my questions:
1. Is my MBP capable of outputting a 15 KHz horizontal refresh rate?
2. If yes, what is the best procedure (step-by-step) for attaching and configuring an external monitor of this nature?
Thanks!
2.33 MBP 15" | 2 GB RAM | 256 MB VRAM Mac OS X (10.4.9)

As I recall the old TV standard was 15.750 kHz. I'm sure a MBP can output this because that is what it would send to a conventional TV when using the DVI to Video adapter.
Modern Macs and displays use a plug-and-play architecture based on a standard called DDC. This relies on data being embedded in a ROM inside the display that gets read by the Mac. I doubt the monitor in the arcade cabinet will have this embedded data, so that is something that will need to be overcome. The Mac may not even detect that an external display has been attached to the DVI port without this data.
You could try plugging it into the Mac's DVI port but leaving the power off to the arcade. See if the Mac detects it in a powered off state. If it does, then hopefully the timing you need (640 x 480 NTSC) will be an option available under Display Preferences. If it is, you can pre-select it before applying power to the arcade monitor.
If the arcade monitor is detected in a powered off state but the required timing is not available in the list of available timings, then you could use a third-party utility like SwitchRes X which will have a more extensive list of pre-installed standard timings.
If the arcade monitor isn't properly sensed by the Mac in all cases or at all, there is a danger that it might output a timing other than the one the monitor is intended to run from. That could cause an unsafe condition for the monitor's high voltage circuits. If you are really serious about getting this to work, you could invest in a Gefen DVI Detective that was factory configured with the custom EDID the arcade monitor requires. This would help ensure the right timing is always present on the port.
http://www.gefen.com/kvm/product.jsp?prod_id=1378
It's not all that easy, is it. You need to really want to do it to go through the trouble.

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