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Company type | Private |
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Industry | Hard disk drives |
Founded | June 1985San Jose, California, United States | in
Founder | Finis Conner |
Defunct | 1996 |
Fate | Acquired by Seagate Technology |
Headquarters | San Jose, California , United States |
Conner Peripherals, Inc. (commonly referred to as Conner), was a company that manufactured hard drives for personal computers. Conner Peripherals was founded in 1985[1] by Seagate Technology co-founder and San Jose State University alumnus Finis Conner (1943– ).[2] In 1986, they merged[3] with CoData, a Colorado start-up founded by MiniScribe founders Terry Johnson and John Squires.[4] 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.[4] The CoData drive was the first Conner Peripherals product. The company was partially financed by Compaq, who was also a major customer for many years.