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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

5.25" drive bays

230 watt PSU unit.

External link

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-The '''Phoebe PC''' (or [[Risc PC|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 [[workstation]]s division (responsible for the RISC OS computers) and cancelling Phoebe: Risc PC 2.
+The '''Phoebe PC''' (or [[Risc PC|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 [[workstation]]s division (responsible for the [[RISC OS]] computers) and cancelling Phoebe: Risc PC 2 despite thousands of pre-release orders.
 '''Components'''
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 :Tower case ([[NLX specification]]; yellow curved front panel)
 :Trayless [[CD-ROM]] drive
-:5.25" drive bays
+:5.25[[inch|"]] drive bays
 :230 watt [[Power supply|PSU]] unit.