My MBP Screen is gone. Can I use another monitor to view?

Hello:
I have a late 2008 15" MBP, running Snow Leopard, who's screen assembly has gone faulty and is prohibitively expensive to replace. although I did back it up, I would like to use my other MBP (2010, 12", running OS 10.9.5) as a monitor to view it's contents. Is this possible? I also have an OLD late '90's monitor (Studio Display 21 CRT) attached to another OLD 450MHZ PPC running 10.4. Is it possible to use this monitor?
Any advice would be appreciated.
Thank you!

Thanks. Viewing on the CRT display as we speak. Now, I just have to find the right screen assembly part online. Apparently, there are two for this model and is was hard for the repair shop to tell...until he got in a screen (at $475) that was not compatible. Turns out the "right" screen assembly goes for $975 refurbished (plus labor). May be cheaper to either wait to find it myself or buy a used 15" MBP and swap the hard drives.
Anyway, thanks for the advice!

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