Editing Phoebe (computer) (section)

==Aftermath==
In the aftermath of the cancellation of Phoebe 2100 and Acorn Computers' change in direction from general computing to set-top box development and DSP silicon design<ref name="e14-q&a">[https://web.archive.org/web/19990506183321/http://www.acorn.co.uk/acorn/news/press/e14qa.html Element 14 - Acorn and Element 14 - Questions and Answers.]</ref> there were several attempts to resurrect some or all of the Phoebe 2100 hardware or RISC OS 4 development.

Of these, the only successful group was the Steering Group who, after initially being interested in releasing the Phoebe 2100, realised it would be financially prohibitive and set about creating a new company '''[[RISCOS Ltd]]'''. In March 1999, RISCOS Ltd negotiated a licence with Element 14, the recently renamed Acorn Computers,<ref>[http://www.riscos.com/news/news_items/PR050399.htm RISCOS Ltd - PRESS RELEASE 5 March 1999] RISCOS Ltd acquires licence to develop and release RISC OS 4</ref> and set about finishing the development of RISC OS 4. In July 1999 RISCOS Ltd launched RISC OS 4 to the public. It supported Acorn's [[RiscPC]] and [[Acorn A7000|A7000/+]] machines.<ref>[http://www.riscos.com/news/news_items/PR070799.htm RISCOS Ltd - PRESS RELEASE 7 July 1999] RISC OS 4 Launched</ref>

In addition, after the cancellation, excess stock of the Phoebe 2100 yellow NLX case was sold by CTA Direct,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iconbar.com/articles/Phoebe_cases_on_sale/index37.html|title=The Icon Bar: Phoebe cases on sale|website=www.iconbar.com}}</ref> sometimes including an NLX-compatible PC.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.acorn.announce/msg/2fc61db1ec6a11ce?hl=en|title=Google Groups|website=groups.google.com}}</ref>

The only known working Phoebe 2100 is held in the collection of [[The Centre for Computing History]] in Cambridge, England.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/16644/Acorn-Phoebe/|title=Acorn Phoebe|website=computinghistory.org.uk}}</ref>