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 Former headquarters in Sunnyvale, California | |
| Company type | Defunct |
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| Industry | Computer hardware |
| Founded | 1973 |
| Founder | Alan Shugart |
| Fate | Acquired 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+1⁄4-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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Mergers and Acquisitions". Computerworld. Vol. XX, no. 11. 17 March 1986. p. 126.