EM801s on Ebay

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Mac Doktor

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Apr 25, 2026, 6:41:27 PM (2 days ago) Apr 25
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For the magic eye collectors among us:



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


Terry Bowman, KA4HJH
"The Mac Doctor"


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

Instrument Resources of America

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Apr 25, 2026, 8:13:40 PM (2 days ago) Apr 25
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Nice catch.  I have two of the EM800's

Ira.

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bogdan paduraru

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Apr 26, 2026, 3:48:02 AM (yesterday) Apr 26
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Terry
They look rather burned, hope they are still bright 
Do you own any magic eyes with different color? Yellow or blue?

On 26 Apr 2026, at 01:41, Mac Doktor <themac...@gmail.com> wrote:



Mac Doktor

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Apr 26, 2026, 1:28:11 PM (21 hours ago) Apr 26
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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:



Just in case it disappears: 


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.


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