Thanks Ben and sorry for the late reply. I am able to find 8.5 (and 7.0) via download but not 8.0. Not a big deal, thanks for checking!
"I cant stress enough the importance of switching from a sequential files mindset to set-based thinking. After you make the switch, you can spend your time tuning and optimizing your queries instead of maintaining lengthy, poor-performing code."-- Itzik Ben-Gan 2001