Thanks for the info. Not pedantic at all. Its interesting to me as I've always found those eras of Campagnolo harder to keep straight than, say, Shimano.

As far as Syncro III goes, I probably saw it mentioned as a possible distinguishing term by someone in passing, so it's really one of those vague "people are saying" sort of things

So, my kind of 8 speed downtube shifters are accurately just called 8 speed indexed downtube shifters in layperson terms. Or did they have a name for them other than the model number you mentioned?