I have held 8” floppies, but never used them. We were not rich enough to OWN an encyclopedia. I sent postcards and wrote a check last week.
My slowed modem was an acoustic coupler 150 baud.
I used both an 8” and 10” Floppy, plus I programmed using punch cards and key punch machine.
“wrote a check last week.”
We still have two or three service providers that only accept cash and checks!
We owned some cheap no-name encyclopedia that I think came like a Book of the Month Club package. We sure never owned the Britannica!