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{{Short description|Proposed computer by Acorn, cancelled 1998}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2014}} {{Primary sources|date=May 2023}} {{Infobox computer | Name = Phoebe 2100 | logo = [[File:Acorn Phoebe RISC PC 2 logo.png]] | image = [[File:Acorn-Phoebe-Case.jpg|150px]] | caption = The case of the Acorn Phoebe 2100. | Type = [[32-bit]] [[microcomputer]] | Developer = [[Acorn Computers]] | Released = Cancelled before launch in late 1998 | Processor = 233 MHz [[Intel]] [[StrongARM]] SA110 | Memory = up to 512 MiB of [[synchronous dynamic random-access memory|SDRAM]] | Media = [[floppy disk]], [[hard disk]], [[CD-ROM]] | Graphics = [[VIDC20]] R | Display = [[VGA]] | Input = Keyboard, Mouse, Joystick | Connectivity = 2 x [[RS-232]] [[serial port|serial]], printer [[parallel port|parallel]] | OS = [[RISC OS]] 4 | Baseprice = Β£1499 (exc [[VAT]]) in 1998<ref name="pcw clark 1998">{{cite news | url=http://www.computeractive.co.uk/pcw/news/1924591/acorn-takes-risc-mellow-yellow-pc | title=Acorn takes a RISC on new mellow yellow PC | work=[[Personal Computer World]] | date=4 September 1998 | accessdate=10 April 2012 | author=Clark, Etelka | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130419232402/http://www.computeractive.co.uk/pcw/news/1924591/acorn-takes-risc-mellow-yellow-pc | archivedate=19 April 2013 | df=dmy-all }}</ref> | sound = [[VIDC20]] R }} The '''Phoebe 2100''' (or '''{{nowrap|RiscPC 2}}''') was to be [[Acorn Computers]]' successor to the [[RiscPC]],<ref name="pcw clark 1998" /> slated for release in late 1998. However, in September 1998, Acorn cancelled the project as part of a restructuring of the company.
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