When I started it was all 5 1/4"s, and those were "floppies" to me and my peers. I never used an 8", but I have seen one firsthand. Friend of mine from high s

When I started it was all 5 1/4"s, and those were "floppies" to me and my peers. I never used an 8", but I have seen one firsthand. Friend of mine from high school had one as his father had some sort of older machine at home that used them. It looked (to me) comically large.