· Conner Peripherals (commonly referred to as Conner) was a company that manufactured hard drives for personal computers. Conner Peripherals was founded in 1985 by Seagate Technology co-founder and San Jose State University alumnus Finis Conner (1943- ) but it in itself never produced a product. In 1986 Conner Peripherals merged with CoData, started by MiniScribe founders Terry Johnson and John Squires. CoData was developing a new type of small hard disk drive that put the capacity of a 5.25-inch drive into the smaller (and now commonplace) 3.5-inch format. 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.