MBA micro-DVI - iMac display

I have been looking into the possibility of displaying my MacBook Air on my iMac screen. My MBA's screen is a little broken and being the early 2008 release (probably the one Jobbs pulled from the manilla envelope!) I don't want to pay so much to get it fixed. The keyboard's fine, but I really have come accustomed to my 2011 iMac 27" display and wanted to see all of the keystrokes made on my MBA on my iMac.
Of course the new machines simply use a Thunderbolt cable to get the job done, but it's never that easy is it when you don't have the money. So, I'm stuck with a micro-DVI slot, the converter cable that takes it to DVI and I think, from there I could use a converter again into Thunderbolt to get the job done, so, would that work please?

I had since found out that my early 2008 13" MacBook Air offered the unique connection of micro-DVI, which came with a converter to DVI. I then found a DVI to DisplayPort adapter which would fit the Thunderbolt port on my late 2011 27" iMac and while everything fit, it did not work.
I think it's because anything later than 2009 for iMac's (specifically of a 27" variety) would not support anything by DisplayPort input, so I was out of luck. It was a tumultuous time for video connections, easy now of course as it's been settled with Thunderbolt, but those years saw several changes and ultimately a trail of incompatibilities.
Still, there was a generation difference between the two and in the computing world that makes a big difference.

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