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Conner Peripherals

Logo: Conner Peripherals, Inc., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Defunct computer storage company

Conner Peripherals, Inc. (commonly referred to as Conner), was a company that manufactured hard drives and tape drives for personal computers. Conner Peripherals was founded in 1985 by Seagate Technology co-founder and San Jose State University alumnus Finis Conner (1943– ). In 1986, it merged with CoData, a Colorado start-up founded by MiniScribe founders Terry Johnson and John Squires.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1985Founded1
  • Industrycomputer hardware industry1

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Conner Peripherals, Inc. (commonly referred to as Conner), was a company that manufactured hard drives and tape drives for personal computers. Conner Peripherals was founded in 1985 by Seagate Technology co-founder and San Jose State University alumnus Finis Conner (1943– ). In 1986, it merged with CoData, a Colorado start-up founded by MiniScribe founders Terry Johnson and John Squires. CoData was developing a new type of small hard disk that put the capacity of a 5.25-inch drive into the smaller (and now commonplace) 3.5-inch format.2

The story

Conner Peripherals was founded in June 1985 and located in San Jose CA. However it did not produce any product until after it merged into and with CoData, Boulder, Colorado, in February 1986. It began shipping its first products based upon the CoData design in early 1987, initially to Compaq. During calendar 1987 Compaq represented about 90% of Conner Peripheral's sales.

In 1990, Conner Peripherals set a record by reaching $1.337 billion in sales in four years, without acquisitions, making it the fastest-growing manufacturing start-up in United States history.

In December 1992 Conner Peripherals acquired Archive Corporation adding Archive's tape drives to its product line.

Conner Peripherals was acquired by Seagate in a 1996 merger.

From Wikipedia’s article on Conner Peripherals, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

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Products and brands

  • computer hardware
  • hard disk
  • software

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Timeline

  1. 1993Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1985Founded Founded1

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