YES! hp 30 series 3000 systems and 40 series had hpib 1600 bpi 7970e in early days. later they had other drives that would go 6250... and I wish I had one to load the old bulleting board email chat software up on the hp 3000 37 I have here. later dried were hpib also but the older 30 and 40 series all used 7970e hpib... I know I was there... I owned some! Ed Sharpe retired ceo computer exchange Inc. now seeing my life before me in museums <grin!> In a message dated 10/3/2017 5:30:36 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, cctalk@classiccmp.org writes:
I've never once seen that option in the wild though, so I don't think one would say "most" had it. I do have a handful of 7970E's running and a 7970B I should probably get rid of.... Chuck Guzis had recently posted the following which may shed light: