EM801s on Ebay

[Mac Doktor]

For the magic eye collectors among us:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/177817123962

The seller took my $35 offer so I figured I’d give you guys the heads-up.

Terry Bowman, KA4HJH
"The Mac Doctor"

https://www.astarcloseup.com

"If only you could see what I've seen with your eyes."—Roy Batty, Blade Runner

[Instrument Resources of America]

Nice catch.  I have two of the EM800's

Ira.

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[bogdan paduraru]

Terry

They look rather burned, hope they are still bright 

Do you own any magic eyes with different color? Yellow or blue?

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[Mac Doktor]

On Apr 26, 2026, at 3:47 AM, 'bogdan paduraru' via neonixie-l <neoni...@googlegroups.com> wrote:

They look rather burned, hope they are still bright 

I guess I’ll find out. I did ask him to send me the one that looked the least cooked.

Do you own any magic eyes with different color? Yellow or blue?

I haven’t seen any but then I don’t have an encyclopedic memory for eye tube part numbers. There are tons of new 6E5 listings every day so it becomes a blur after a while. I do have a CRT with both yellow and blue phosphors.

I’ve found this site to be a goldmine of information. It has animated gifs showing the “action” of a great many tubes. Click on “display patterns" for a REALLY cool light show:

https://www.magiceyetubes.com

Just in case it disappears: 

https://web.archive.org/web/20260122093645/http://magiceyetubes.com/

If that doesn’t work have a rip of the entire site that can be browsed offline.

I got into magic eyes late in the game. At this point I’m grabbing anything that has more than one shadow. I’ll probably never get around to hooking them up but at least they’re here if madness overtakes me.

[Instrument Resources of America]

Just for everyone's info. RCA originally named 'magic eye tubes'  as  'electron ray tube', starting as far back, as at least 1941 with their 6U5.

Ira.

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[bogdan paduraru]

@Terry

I know those websites , I've gathered information from them , and others 

The non green magic eyes were made by french producers ; I have a yellow EM85

We can talk privately on this topic 

@ Ira , I think these magic eyes were initially produced prior to WW2, but I have no idea who made them first 

On the other hand, I have a very rare Vatea VT2, neon indicator , looks new wit original socket ( Vatea stoped using this name on 1939 after they were bought by Philips)

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[Instrument Resources of America]

I believe that RCA made them first, but I could be wrong on that. I do know with certainty that the RCA 6U5 does date back to at least, if not further than April 19th of 1937.

Ira.

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[bogdan paduraru]

Yes , indeed, RCA were the very first, 

I gotta get me one of those 6T5 ... anyone has a spare? 

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I believe that RCA made them first, but I could be wrong on that. I do know with certainty that the RCA 6U5 does date back to at least, if not further than April 19th of 1937.

Ira.

On 4/27/2026 8:39 AM, 'bogdan paduraru' via neonixie-l wrote:

@Terry

I know those websites , I've gathered information from them , and others 

The non green magic eyes were made by french producers ; I have a yellow EM85

We can talk privately on this topic 

@ Ira , I think these magic eyes were initially produced prior to WW2, but I have no idea who made them first 

On the other hand, I have a very rare Vatea VT2, neon indicator , looks new wit original socket ( Vatea stoped using this name on 1939 after they were bought by Philips)

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[Instrument Resources of America]

hAVE YOU EVeR HEARD THE PHRASE "FAT CHANCE", OR "A NEEDLE IN A HAYSTACK".   And if you do actually find one it will more than likely be very dim, or not light up at all. If by some 'miracle' you find one NIB, be prepared to borrow money against your home to buy it.!!!!

Ira

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