SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549

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                                  SCHEDULE 13D
                                 (Rule 13d-101)

             INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS FILED PURSUANT
            TO RULE 13d-1(a) AND AMENDMENTS THERETO FILED PURSUANT TO
                                  RULE 13d-2(a)

                              (Amendment No. 6)(1)

                              HATHAWAY CORPORATION
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                                (Name of Issuer)

                           Common Stock, no par value
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                         (Title of Class of Securities)

                                   419011101
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                                 (CUSIP Number)

                        Noah Klarish & Associates, P.C.
                        1 World Trade Center, 85th Floor
                        New York, NY 10048 - (212) 488-1111
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                  (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person
                Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)

                               February 24, 2000
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             (Date of Event Which Requires Filing of This Statement)

      If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to
report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing
this schedule because of Rule 13d-1(e), 13d-1(f) or 13d-1(g), check the
following box |_|.

            Note. Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed
      original and five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See Rule
      13d-7(b) for other parties to whom copies are to be sent.

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                               (Page 1 of 6 Pages)

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      (1) The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting
person's initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of
securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would
alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

      The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be
deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of
the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see
the Notes).

CUSIP No. 419011101 SCHEDULE 13D Page 2 of 6 Pages - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY) Ira Albert - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) |_| (b) |_| - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 SEC USE ONLY - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 SOURCE OF FUNDS* PF - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) or 2(e) |_| - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION United States - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7 SOLE VOTING POWER 221,300 (includes 190,800 shares held by Albert Investments Associates, L.P.) -------------------------------------------------------- NUMBER OF 8 SHARED VOTING POWER SHARES BENEFICIALLY 0 OWNED BY -------------------------------------------------------- EACH 9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER REPORTING PERSON 440,400 shares including 190,800 shares held by Albert WITH Investments Associates, L.P. and 219,100 shares held by various accounts over which Mr. Albert has discretionary authority -------------------------------------------------------- 10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 219,100 shares held by various accounts over which Mr. Albert has discretionary authority - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 440,400 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* |_| - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11) 10.3% - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON* IN - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!

Item 1. Security and Issuer. This statement relates to the Common Stock, no par value per share (the "Common Stock"), of Hathaway Corporation, a Colorado corporation (the "Issuer"). The Issuer maintains its principal executive office at 8228 Park Meadows Drive, Littleton, Colorado 80124. Item 2. Identity and Background. (a) This statement is filed by (i) Ira Albert, an individual, with respect to shares of the Issuer's Common Stock held by him and with respect to shares of the Issuer's Common Stock held in investment accounts over which Mr. Albert has discretionary authority, and (ii) Albert Investment Associates, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the "Albert Partnership") with respect to shares of the Issuer's Common Stock held by it. Ira Albert and the Albert Partnership shall sometimes be collectively referred to herein as the "Reporting Person." (b) The Reporting Person filed an initial Schedule 13D for an event of June 20, 1996 (the "Initial Schedule"), filed Amendment No. 1 to Schedule 13D for an event of November 11, 1996, filed Amendment No. 2 to Schedule 13D for an event of January 15, 1997, filed Amendment No. 3 to Schedule 13D for an event of June 18, 1997, filed Amendment No. 4 for an event of March 26, 1998 and filed Amendment No. 5 for an event of August 19, 2000 (collectively the "Amendments"). Except to the extent set forth in this Amendment, the information in the Initial Schedule and the Amendments remains unchanged. Item 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration. Ira Albert directly owns 30,500 shares of the Issuer's Common Stock for which he paid $73,000.87. Mr. Albert obtained the funds from his personal funds. Mr. Albert has discretionary authority over accounts which own 219,100 shares of the Issuer's Common Stock for which such accounts paid a total of $581,848.51 from the personal funds of the beneficial owners of such accounts. The Albert Partnership directly owns 190,800 shares of the Issuer's Common Stock for which it paid $583,464.85 from its working capital. Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer. (a) The number of shares of the Issuer's Common Stock and the percentage of the outstanding shares (based upon 4,283,000 shares outstanding as reported in the Issuer's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended December 31, 1999) directly beneficially owned by each Reporting Person is as follows: Percentage of Name Number of Shares Outstanding Shares - ---- ---------------- ------------------ Ira Albert 30,500 .7% Albert Partnership 190,800 4.5% Albert discretionary accounts 219,100 5.1% 3

(b) Mr. Albert has sole power to vote 221,300 shares of the Issuer's Common Stock and has sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of 440,400 shares of the Issuer's Common Stock. (c) See Appendix I annexed hereto. 4

Signatures After reasonable inquiry and to the best of our knowledge and belief, the undersigned certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct. Dated: February 24, 2000 /s/ Ira Albert ------------------------------------------- Ira Albert ALBERT INVESTMENT ASSOCIATES, L.P. By: ALBERT INVESTMENT STRATEGIES, INC. By: /s/ Ira Albert ------------------------------------------- Ira Albert, President 5

APPENDIX 1 TRANSACTIONS IN HATHAWAY CORPORATION COMMON STOCK WITHIN THE PAST 60 DAYS All transactions were open market sales and the commissions are included in the price of the shares. 1. Albert Investment Associates, L.P. No. of Trade Shares Price Per Proceeds of Date Sold Share Sales ---- ---- ----- ----- 2/18/00 10,000 $8.63 $86,047.09 2/18/00 4,000 8.65 34,840.00 2/23/00 4,300 9.24 39,818.00 2/23/00 3,000 9.63 29,059.75 2/24/00 5,500 9.66 53,107.25 2/24/00 5,000 9.00 45,154.75 2/24/00 8,000 8.88 71,249.50 2/24/00 2,400 8.75 21,076.75 2/24/00 5,000 8.81 44,217.25 ===== ========= 47,200 $424,570.34 2. Ira Albert No. of Trade Shares Price Per Proceeds of Date Sold Share Sales ---- ---- ----- ----- 2/24/00 2,000 $8.88 $17,810.00 3. Discretionary Accounts No. of Trade Shares Price Per Proceeds of Date Sold Share Sales ---- ---- ----- ----- 2/22/00 10,000 $9.48 $94,750.00 2/23/00 5,500 9.41 51,844.38 2/23/00 3,600 9.28 33,400.08 ====== =========== 19,100 $179,994.38 6