Phoebe (computer)
The Phoebe PC (or RISC PC 2) was to be Acorn, Ltd's next generation RISC PC, slated for release in late 1998. Acorn, Ltd's successor to the Risc PC was nicknamed the "Phoebe 2100". On September 17, 1998, Acorn, Ltd announced the end of the workstations division (responsible for the RISC OS computers) and cancelling Phoebe: Risc PC 2 despite thousands of pre-release orders.Components
- 233 MHz StrongARM (multiple StrongARMs support included) CPU
- Upgradable daughter board
- Four EIDE devices (6.4 Gb unit supplied)
- IOMD2 and VIDC20+ chipsets
- 64 MHz front side bus
- up to 512 Mb of SD RAM
- 4 Mb of VRAM
- Monitor (1280 by 1024 pixels with 32,000 colours)
- Two serial ports
- Tower case (NLX specification; yellow curved front panel)
- Trayless CD-ROM drive
- 5.25inch drive bays
- 230 watt PSU unit.
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