Archive Corporation was a computer tape drive manufacturer, based in Costa Mesa, California, that was acquired by Conner Peripherals in 1992.
History
The company was founded in 1980 and based out of Costa Mesa, California.[1] The company employed 3,367 in 1990 and reached revenues of US$293 million in that year, up from $79 million in 1986.[2]
Of particular note are the Archive DDS tape drives produced for Silicon Graphics that could also read and write Digital Audio Tapes (DAT): the Archive Python 4320 and the Archive Peregrine 4326 (rebranded under Conner or Seagate).[3] In 1990, Archive established Ardat, Inc., as a subsidiary dedicated to marketing the company's DAT drives.[4]