Editing Phoebe (computer) (section)

==Cancellation==
On 17 September 1998, Acorn finished a review of its business and decided to close the 'Workstation Division', the department developing Phoebe 2100, and all work stopped.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://atterer.org/sites/atterer/files/2010-04/acorn-arm/acorn-black-thursday.txt|title=Stuart Halliday - Acorn Cybervillage Announcement - Workstation Division to close, Risc PC 2 work stopped, Acorn World Show postponed|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/1998/09/17/acorn_scrubs_risc_pc/|title=Acorn scrubs Risc PC 2|publisher=}}</ref><ref name="eetimes cancels 1998">{{cite news | url=http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news/4036313/Acorn-cancels-RISC-computer-project | title=Acorn cancels RISC computer project | work=[[EETimes]] | date=23 September 1998 | accessdate=16 March 2012 | author=Clarke, Peter}}</ref>

Acorn Computers' CEO [[Stan Boland]] said, "There is not a big enough market for the PC (Risc PC 2), which is largely for home use and games. It's an enthusiast's product. We are going to resize the rest of the company and concentrate on becoming a digital TV and thin client company".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.acorn-gaming.org.uk/index.php3?p=News/Sep98|title=Acorn Gaming: September 1998 News|first=Gareth Moore|last=(gareth@acorn-gaming.org.uk)|website=www.acorn-gaming.org.uk}}</ref> Computerworld Online News reported an Acorn spokesman saying "The problem was that it would have had a retail cost about twice as high as for a comparable PC".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.computing.co.uk/ctg/analysis/1839304/press-watch-what-papers|title=Press watch: What other papers said this week - Computing|publisher=}}</ref>

After cancellation it came to light that as few as 150 to 300 pre-orders had been placed.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.acorn.misc/msg/b9a80dc6f547290a?hl=en|title=Google Groups|website=groups.google.com}}</ref>