Dale Heatherington

Heatherington with the prototype Hayes 80-103A

Dale Heatherington (born 1948) is 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.[1][2][3]

Although a southern newspaper described him as "just a multimillionaire who likes tracking his cat with a homemade radio transmitter", [4] Heatherington's career went beyond the modem company, including work in the area of game robots.[5][6] Funding for his robotics can be traced to "had his name on all the important patents."[4]

  1. ^ Victoria Shannon (January 7, 1999). "The Rise and Fall of the Modem King". The New York Times. with a partner
  2. ^ "Modem". 4 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Die Geschichte des Modems". Computerworld. February 4, 2011.
  4. ^ a b "Modem moguls' paths diverge". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. November 23, 2003.
  5. ^ "Miomore". March 2004. This game .. Thrasher .. 16oz Combat Robot by Dale Heatherington"
  6. ^ Naivair H. Gabriel (October 21, 2010). "Robot Battles 2010". Daily Dragon.