Calibrating an old Avitron AV-165TF monitor

My old monitor died so now I've connected another old monitor to my Mac mini, an Avitron AV-165TF. It works, but I can't figure out how to get it to display correctly. I calibrated it according the instructions in the System Preferences panel, but it still looks all washed out. Can anybody help?

Been snooping around the 'net and found lots of reference to this...
KDS Avitron line of monitors... KDS AV-195TF   Produced in 2007
19' CRT, VGA with DB-15 connector
Factory preset resolutions are:
Unless you can verify that this thing works properly with another computer, I believe the fault lies with the internal workings of this beast... perhaps a bad cable (?).

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