00100	The tv cameras are indeed deficient.  They are intrinsically bad devices,
00200	and now are sick.  The Sierra will probably be healthy again soon; McGuire
00300	is working on it, and if he can't do it, Sierra can probably make it wwrk
00400	again.  I think that we really could have sent it to them in the beginning,
00500	just because it costs more for McGuire's time than Sierra's (I would guess)
00600	McGuire thinks that the problem is that Joe fried some parts.  Perhaps Joe
00700	is not really capable of keeping them running.  He hasn't.  The Cohu is
00800	more of a problem, with all the noise sources and hum sources inside the
00900	camera.  Perhaps McGuire can fix it; perhaps not.
01000	
01100	You misrepresent hand/eye requirements.  We do need to work, even with
01200	imperfect devices.
01300	
01400	What do you propose that will be an improvement?  How much will it cost
01500	in dollars?  How much hardware effort?  When will it be available?  What
01600	are the numerical estimates of improved performance which would result?
01700	
01800	Concerning using Pratt's facilities.  The transparency facility
01900	would be much preferable.  Is it up yet?  
02000	
02100	What's wrong with 512x512?  Surely there must be a lot we can do with that
02200	resolution.  No tv camera will do that well, in reality.  They indicated
02300	that they could/would change the raster size.
02400	
02500	If you have pix in hand, you could go personally and see that it gets
02600	done.  Much cheaper/faster than hardware effort.