Shugart Associates

Shugart Associates
	Former headquarters in Sunnyvale, California
Company type	Defunct
Industry	Computer hardware
Founded	1973
Founder	Alan Shugart
Fate	Acquired by Xerox in 1977 and liquidated in 1985 and 1986
Headquarters	Sunnyvale, California, United States
Area served	Worldwide
Products	Floppy disk drives; Hard disk drives;

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.

[USITCPUB-1860-1] "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.

[cworl19860317-2] "Mergers and Acquisitions". Computerworld. Vol. XX, no. 11. 17 March 1986. p. 126.

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