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I've personally handled more DA 8 speed cassettes than 8 speed Uniglide though not many of the former in any case. the HG 8 speed was manufactured from '92 -'94, the 8 speed uniglide was made for such a short space of time due to transitioning to Hyperglide very quickly that I can't see them making that many at all just on production years alone.
All the 105/600 Ultegra (tri colour) and DA 7400 8 speed series hubs that I've had/seen that were designed to take Hyperglide did have the Uniglide threading on them as well. AFAIK it was only into the (1996) 5500/6500/7700 series that the Uniglide threading disappeared from the bodies.
@coot The Shimano 8 speed DA hyperglide wasn't particularly light as all the sprockets were nickle plated steel, I had the DA 8 speed in 12-26 flavour and it was heavy by modern standards, I also had a Campagnolo fit 'special' in 8 speed that had some alu sprockets, my 13-30 was significantly lighter than the Dura Ace 8 HG despite the bigger cogs.
Here's an 8 speed Uniglide with some ally sprockets (made by Marchisio) that give you a good range/bottom gear and would shave a few grams over the stock Shimano 8 speed https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/202752577061?hash=item2f34fece25:g:GgQAAOSw0eNdTDZg