Shugart Associates

Shugart Associates
Company typeDefunct
IndustryComputer hardware
Founded1973
FounderAlan Shugart
FateAcquired by Xerox in 1977 and liquidated in 1985 and 1986[1]
Headquarters,
United States
Area served
Worldwide
Products

Shugart Associates (later Shugart Corporation) was a computer peripheral manufacturer that dominated the floppy disk drive market in the late 1970s and is famous for introducing the 5+14-inch "Minifloppy" floppy disk drive. In 1979 it was one of the first companies to introduce a hard disk drive form factor compatible with a floppy disk drive, the SA1000 form factor compatible with the 8-inch floppy drive form factor.

Founded in 1973, Shugart Associates was purchased in 1977 by Xerox, which then exited the business in 1985 and 1986,[1] selling the brand name and the 8-inch floppy product line (in March 1986) to Narlinger Group,[2] which ultimately ceased operations circa 1991.

  1. ^ a b "USITC PUB-1860: In the matter of Certain Double-Sided Floppy Disk Drives and Components Thereof". US International Trade Commission. May 1986. p. 90-94.
  2. ^ "Mergers and Acquisitions". Computerworld. Vol. XX, no. 11. 17 March 1986. p. 126.