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== Risc PC 2 == {{Main|Phoebe (computer)}} Acorn set about designing the [[Phoebe (computer)|Risc PC 2]], later renamed to Phoebe 2100{{snd}} a design with a 64 MHz front-side bus, [[Peripheral Component Interconnect|PCI]] slots, and a yellow [[NLX (motherboard form factor)|NLX]] [[Computer form factor|form-factor]] case.<ref name=clan-aug-1998>{{cite web|title=Clan Newsletter August 1998|url=http://www.iconbar.com/forums/viewthread.php?newsid=1082#cn5|publisher=Acorn Computers|date=August 1998|access-date=19 August 2009}}</ref> Slated for release in late 1998, the project was abandoned just before completion, when Acorn's Workstation Division was closed. Only two prototypes were ever built, and one was publicly displayed for historical interest at the RISC OS 2001 show in [[Berkshire]], England.<ref name=drobe-rpc2-at-show>{{cite web|title=Risc PC 2 at RISC OS 2001|url=http://www.drobe.co.uk/article.php?id=337|publisher=[[Drobe]]|year=2001|access-date=13 August 2009}}</ref> The remaining cases were bought by CTA Direct who sold them off to the public.<ref name="iconbar=phoebe-case">{{cite web|title=Phoebe cases on sale|url=http://www.iconbar.com/articles/Phoebe_cases_on_sale/index37.html|publisher=[[The Icon Bar]]|date=12 August 2000|first=Richard|last=Goodwin|access-date=19 August 2009}}</ref>
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