Dale Heatherington
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Dale Heatherington

American electrical engineer and computer scientist (born 1948)

Dale Heatherington (1948 – 2021) was an American electrical engineer and computer scientist best known for helping Dennis C. Hayes in the development of Hayes Microcomputer Products, the company that pioneered the Hayes modem and the Hayes command set.2

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About

Although a southern newspaper described him as "just a multimillionaire who likes tracking his cat with a homemade radio transmitter",

Heatherington's career went beyond the modem company, including work in the area of game robots. Funding for his robotics can be traced to having "had his name on all the important patents."

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Companies

Early life and education

Heatherington majored in electrical engineering at Southern Polytechnic State University.

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Career