Abort, Retry, Fail

About Abort, Retry, Fail

A podcast about computing history.

Publisher

Bradford Morgan White

Category

technology

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

26 Mar 2022

Latest episode

30 Aug 2026

Latest episodes

4 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   30 Aug 2026

   Be is nice. End of story.

   The story of Be Inc, the BeBox, and BeOS.

2. 

   23 Jul 2022

   From the PDP8 to SmartWatches

   This time I interview Hadley Brandt who started out computing with a PDP8 in high school, and then went on to work at Apple, start a few businesses, and then go into business with a close friend of his.

3. 

   2 May 2022

   Electric lights to iPhones

   An interview with Robert Sands, who began his working life at a family grocery store in the 40s. He then got an education in electronics, and became a salesman. Sales started with vacuum tubes, and progressed to ICs then on to CPUs and support chips.

4. 

   26 Mar 2022

   From Cobol to PHP - An Interview

   I interview Steve Sandler who has been a programmer long enough to have gone from punch cards and UNIVAC to the modern web. I apologize for the amount of background noise; Steve was outside so you'll hear a fountain and some birds.

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)

4.8 / 5

4 ratings

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