Conner Peripherals was a company that manufactured hard drives for personal computers.

Conner was founded in 1986 by Seagate Technology co-founder Finis Conner, as a merger between a company of his and another started by MiniScribe founders John Squires and Terry Johnson, who were working on a new type of small hard disk that put the capacity of a 5.25-inch drive into the much smaller (and now commonplace) 3.5-inch format. The company was initially financed by Compaq, who was also a major customer of theirs for many years. 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Seagate Technology NYSE: STX is a major manufacturer of hard drives, founded in 1979 and based in Scotts Valley, California. ... MiniScribe was a manufacturer of disk storage products, founded in Longmont, Colorado in 1980. ... Typical hard drives of the mid-1990s. ... Compaq was a personal computer company founded in 1982 by Rod Canion, Jim Harris and Bill Murto. ...

Conner Hard Drives were considered to be of poor quality compared to other manufacturers. It was not uncommon for their harddrives to fail or develop bad sectors after only hours of usage.

The company started manufacturing tape drives in 1993, when it purchased Archive Corporation. 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...

In 1996 Conner merged with Seagate. 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...

References

• Pollack, Andrew. "A Novel Idea: Customer Satisfaction", The New York Times, 27 May 1990, page F1.