
Carl Sassenrath
Carl Sassenrath is a designer of Interactive Multimedia
Technology,
Platforms, Tools, and Interfaces related to Interactive
Television (ITV).
He was responsible for the conception, design, and implementation
of the original Amiga Multitasking Operating System kernel.
His history also includes development of next generation
ITV Systems and Tools,
VIScorp ES Operating System,
CDTV Operating System,
CD-ROM Creation and Optimization Tools,
CD-ROM Motion Video Tools,
Atari Lynx Tools,
Amiga Logo,
Pantaray Digital Video Editor,
Object Oriented Languages,
and more.
Background
In the order of most recent first.
- VIScorp, Consulting Director of Software.
Chief designer and project manager of system software development for
next generation Amiga based boxes.
- VideoStream, Inc., Vice President of Product
Development.
Pioneering next generation interactive television
technology for broadband systems.
- Pantaray, Inc., President.
Developed a range of products, including
the CDTV (Commodore's consumer based CD-ROM system),
the VISCorp Cable Box Operating System,
CD-ROM simulation, premastering, and optimization
tools,
one of the first non-linear digital video editors,
and the first motion video from CD-ROM (CDXL).
- American Multimedia, President.
A new venture directed toward
introducing CD-ROM multimedia into employee training
departments for
the top corporations in the US. We focused on technology
to provide
simple, TV-style, motion video user interfaces from
CD-ROM.
- Sassenrath Research, President.
Programming and consulting company. Wrote the main
development tools for
the Epyx Handy (Atari Lynx hand-held game machine),
created Amiga Logo,
wrote the book: Guru's Guide to the Commodore Amiga,
and other code for
Electronic Arts, VPL, Commodore, ...
- Apple Computer Advanced Technology Group, Technology
Manager,
Headed the development of next generation object-oriented
operating systems
and program execution environments. Part of the Cray
Supercomputer group.
- Commodore Amiga, Inc., Manager of Operating
Systems.
Designed
and implemented one of the first Multitasking Operating
Systems for
personal computers. The design included pre-emptive
multitasking,
message based communications, dynamically loading
libraries and devices,
interrupt system.
- Next Generations Systems, President.
Designed and coprogrammed
the NGS Forth programming system for the IBM PC.
- Hewlett Packard, Computer Group, Software Engineer.
Developed one of the first graphically oriented user
interfaces (1982) utilizing a bit mapped display,
icons, fonts, a mouse, and
remote procedure calls (RPC).
Also responsible for the development of HP3000 operating
systems (MPE).
- National Science Foundation.
Upper atmospheric physics research scientist at the
South Pole, Antarctica.
- University of California, Davis, Behavioral
Biology Department.
Wrote programs to model and simulate neurons, statistical
analysis of
behavior.
- BS in Electrical Engineering, University of
California, Davis.
Specialized in computer systems.
- KVIQ (ABC) Television. Technical director
several years as part of commercial and news production
departments,
including live broadcast.
- KEET (PBS) Television. Program switcher
(TD) and cameraman.