CONNER DISK DRIVES FIRST TO PASS WINDOWS 95 COMPATIBILITY TESTS

Microsoft passes Cabo product line for early logo program

San Jose, Calif., June 7, 1995 -- Conner Peripherals, Inc. (NYSE: CNR)
today became the first hard disk drive supplier to have its products pass
compatibility testing with Microsoft Corp.'s forthcoming Windows 95
operating system.

Conner's Cabo line of 3.5-inch disk drives, built to meet storage
requirements for business and consumer personal computers, successfully
passed testing under an early Windows 95 logo program. The "Designed for
Microsoft Windows 95" logo will help computer users easily identify
certified PCs and peripherals engineered specifically to work with Windows
95. The storage tests are part of Microsoft's Hardware Compatibility Tests
for Windows 95, which also include test suites for manufacturers of PCs,
modems, printers and add-in adapter cards.

"Conner designed the Cabo product line to meet the requirements of the
growing mass market for personal computers. The many new features of
Windows 95, such as Plug and Play for automatic hardware set up, built-in
video playback capability and support for 32-bit applications, will
greatly increase the consumer appeal of PCs," said Gary Marks, vice
president of disk drive marketing at Conner. "We've had the greatest
confidence in the Cabo drives, and passing Windows 95 compatibility
testing is further proof of the performance of this product line."

The Conner Filepro Series 425MB, 540MB, 850MB and 1.27GB drives underwent
stringent testing at both Conner and Microsoft Compatibility Labs before
receiving the logo. A series of controlled procedures subjected the drives
to stress conditions as they manipulated large blocks of data. These
"Block Compatibility Tests" checked the ability of Conner's drives to
operate properly with BIOS functions, measured I/O performance and
selected random tracks for the drives to read and verify.

Recently announced new additions to Conner's Cabo product line -- 635MB,
1.08GB and 1.6GB models -- are also scheduled for Windows 95 compatibility
testing in the near future. Microsoft will require PC and peripheral
manufacturers to undergo last round of testing to help ensure
compatibility with the final retail version of Windows 95, which Microsoft
has scheduled for release in late August.

The low-profile Cabo drives represent the most comprehensive selection of
entry-level Enhanced IDE drives available from a single supplier. The
drives feature Conner's patented power saving commands to reduce
electrical consumption. In addition, the Cabo drives support PIO Mode 4
via Enhanced IDE or Fast ATA-2, as well as Multiword DMA Mode 2, for data
transfer rates of 16.6MB per second, the fastest available for today's
desktop systems. The drives come with a three-year warranty and a mean
time between failure (MTBF) rating of 300,000 hours.

Founded in 1986, Conner sells, designs and builds a comprehensive line of
information storage solutions products, including disk drives, tape
drives, storage management software and disk array storage systems, for a
wide range of computer applications. Conner had 1994 sales of $2.4
billion.

Conner Peripherals Inc
3081 Zanker Rd
San Jose, CA 95134-2128
408-456-4500,  fax 408-456-4501

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