Кіріспе
Acorn ұсынған компьютер, 1998 жылы жойылды.
The Phoebe 2100 (or RiscPC 2) was to be Acorn Computers' successor to the RiscPC,
Processors running at 300 MHz were being sampled by Acorn in September 1998, with 360 MHz versions also expected. Wakefield Acorn Spring Show May 1998 and the Acorn Southeast Show June 1998. By May 1998, Acorn started to offer their 'Registered Developer' scheme members the chance to pre order a pre launch prototype for testing and development, these were offered at a £950 (excl. VAT) a significant discount on the public price of £1500 (ex VAT) revealed in June. On 15 September 1998, the first Phoebe 2100 motherboards with silicon (rather than FPGA) based IOMD2 chips were powered up. They successfully ran at the full front side bus speed of 64 MHz, and the improved performance of the video chip was also seen; however, various bugs in the sound DMA were reported and general system instability was noted. As such, no shippable prototypes were yet available to send to the 'Registered Developers'. Two days later, on 17 September 1998, the development of Phoebe 2100 was cancelled. Development was expected to cost £2.1 million. or writing their own microkernel based operating system Galileo. However, for the launch of Phoebe 2100 an enhanced version of RISC OS would be developed, called RISC OS 4 (codenamed 'Ursula'). RISC OS wouldn't support the multiple processor daughter cards that had been included in the Phoebe 2100 hardware specification. Support for multiple serial ports
The PC style game port, supporting joystick and MIDI
In addition several new features were to be added to the core of RISC OS;
A better file system, increasing the number of items in directory from 77 to approx 88,000 and increasing the max length of a filename from 10 characters to 255
A plugin based system configuration utility. A new screensaver API
An enhanced window manager
An updated interactive help application
A redesigned set of icons
To prepare developers for the changes to the OS, Acorn released to its 'Registered Developer' program RISC OS 3.80, designed to load on Acorn's previous generation RiscPC and A7000 computers. This would enable developers to test that their software would be compatible with Phoebe 2100, provided it didn't require any of the new hardware features. RISC OS 3.80 was limited, it only ran on ARM6 and ARM7 RiscPCs and not StrongARM (ARMv4) based ones. Testing of hardware compatibility would have to wait until an initial run of 100 or so pre production machines was made available to Registered Developers.
Фейба 2100 (немесе RiscPC 2) Acorn Computers-тің RiscPC-нің жалғасы болуы тиіс еді. Acorn 1998 жылдың қыркүйегінде 300 МГц жиілікте жұмыс істейтін процессорлардың үлгілерін сынап көрді, 360 МГц нұсқалары да күтілуде. Уэйкфилд Acorn Spring Show 1998 жылдың мамыр айында және Acorn Southeast Show 1998 жылдың маусым айында өтті. 1998 жылдың мамырында Acorn өзінің «Тіркелген әзірлеуші» бағдарламасының мүшелеріне сынақ пен даму үшін алдын ала прототипті алдын ала тапсырыс беру мүмкіндігін ұсынды. Олар 950 фунт стерлингке (ҚҚС қоспағанда) сатылды, бұл маусымда жарияланған 1500 фунт стерлингтік (ҚҚС-сыз) бағадан айтарлықтай төмен. 1998 жылдың 15 қыркүйегінде IOMD2 чиптерімен кремнийлі (FPGA емес) алғашқы Phoebe 2100 аналық платалары қосылды. Олар 64 МГц толық алдыңғы шина жылдамдығында сәтті жұмыс істеді, сонымен қатар бейне чипінің жақсарған өнімділігі де байқалды. Алайда, дыбыс DMA-дағы түрлі қателер туралы хабарланды және жүйе жалпы тұрақсыздық көрсетті. Сондықтан «Тіркелген әзірлеушілерге» жіберуге дайын үлгілер әлі жоқ еді. Екі күннен кейін, 1998 жылдың 17 қыркүйегінде Phoebe 2100 жобасының дамуы тоқтатылды. Дамуға 2,1 миллион фунт стерлинг жұмсалуы күтілді. Олар өздерінің микроядролық операциялық жүйесі Galileo-ны жазуға дайын болған. Алайда, Phoebe 2100-дің іске қосылуы үшін RISC OS 4 (кодтық атауы «Ursula») деп аталатын RISC OS-тің жетілдірілген нұсқасы жасалмақ. RISC OS Phoebe 2100 аппараттық ерекшеліктеріне енгізілген көп процессорлық қосымша карталарды қолдамайды. Көп портты қолдау, PC стиліндегі ойын порты, джойстик және MIDI.
The Phoebe 2100 (or RiscPC 2) was to be Acorn Computers' successor to the RiscPC,
Processors running at 300 MHz were being sampled by Acorn in September 1998, with 360 MHz versions also expected. Wakefield Acorn Spring Show May 1998 and the Acorn Southeast Show June 1998. By May 1998, Acorn started to offer their 'Registered Developer' scheme members the chance to pre order a pre launch prototype for testing and development, these were offered at a £950 (excl. VAT) a significant discount on the public price of £1500 (ex VAT) revealed in June. On 15 September 1998, the first Phoebe 2100 motherboards with silicon (rather than FPGA) based IOMD2 chips were powered up. They successfully ran at the full front side bus speed of 64 MHz, and the improved performance of the video chip was also seen; however, various bugs in the sound DMA were reported and general system instability was noted. As such, no shippable prototypes were yet available to send to the 'Registered Developers'. Two days later, on 17 September 1998, the development of Phoebe 2100 was cancelled. Development was expected to cost £2.1 million. or writing their own microkernel based operating system Galileo. However, for the launch of Phoebe 2100 an enhanced version of RISC OS would be developed, called RISC OS 4 (codenamed 'Ursula'). RISC OS wouldn't support the multiple processor daughter cards that had been included in the Phoebe 2100 hardware specification. Support for multiple serial ports
The PC style game port, supporting joystick and MIDI
In addition several new features were to be added to the core of RISC OS;
A better file system, increasing the number of items in directory from 77 to approx 88,000 and increasing the max length of a filename from 10 characters to 255
A plugin based system configuration utility. A new screensaver API
An enhanced window manager
An updated interactive help application
A redesigned set of icons
To prepare developers for the changes to the OS, Acorn released to its 'Registered Developer' program RISC OS 3.80, designed to load on Acorn's previous generation RiscPC and A7000 computers. This would enable developers to test that their software would be compatible with Phoebe 2100, provided it didn't require any of the new hardware features. RISC OS 3.80 was limited, it only ran on ARM6 and ARM7 RiscPCs and not StrongARM (ARMv4) based ones. Testing of hardware compatibility would have to wait until an initial run of 100 or so pre production machines was made available to Registered Developers.
Сонымен қатар, RISC OS өзегіне бірнеше жаңа мүмкіндіктер қосылуы керек еді:
The Phoebe 2100 (or RiscPC 2) was to be Acorn Computers' successor to the RiscPC,
Processors running at 300 MHz were being sampled by Acorn in September 1998, with 360 MHz versions also expected. Wakefield Acorn Spring Show May 1998 and the Acorn Southeast Show June 1998. By May 1998, Acorn started to offer their 'Registered Developer' scheme members the chance to pre order a pre launch prototype for testing and development, these were offered at a £950 (excl. VAT) a significant discount on the public price of £1500 (ex VAT) revealed in June. On 15 September 1998, the first Phoebe 2100 motherboards with silicon (rather than FPGA) based IOMD2 chips were powered up. They successfully ran at the full front side bus speed of 64 MHz, and the improved performance of the video chip was also seen; however, various bugs in the sound DMA were reported and general system instability was noted. As such, no shippable prototypes were yet available to send to the 'Registered Developers'. Two days later, on 17 September 1998, the development of Phoebe 2100 was cancelled. Development was expected to cost £2.1 million. or writing their own microkernel based operating system Galileo. However, for the launch of Phoebe 2100 an enhanced version of RISC OS would be developed, called RISC OS 4 (codenamed 'Ursula'). RISC OS wouldn't support the multiple processor daughter cards that had been included in the Phoebe 2100 hardware specification. Support for multiple serial ports
The PC style game port, supporting joystick and MIDI
In addition several new features were to be added to the core of RISC OS;
A better file system, increasing the number of items in directory from 77 to approx 88,000 and increasing the max length of a filename from 10 characters to 255
A plugin based system configuration utility. A new screensaver API
An enhanced window manager
An updated interactive help application
A redesigned set of icons
To prepare developers for the changes to the OS, Acorn released to its 'Registered Developer' program RISC OS 3.80, designed to load on Acorn's previous generation RiscPC and A7000 computers. This would enable developers to test that their software would be compatible with Phoebe 2100, provided it didn't require any of the new hardware features. RISC OS 3.80 was limited, it only ran on ARM6 and ARM7 RiscPCs and not StrongARM (ARMv4) based ones. Testing of hardware compatibility would have to wait until an initial run of 100 or so pre production machines was made available to Registered Developers.
* Жақсартылған файлдық жүйе, каталогтағы элементтер санын 77-ден шамамен 88 000-ға дейін ұлғайту және файл атауының максималды ұзындығын 10 таңбадан 255-ке дейін арттыру.
* Плагинге негізделген жүйелік конфигурация құралы.
* Жаңа экран сақтағыш API.
* Жақсартылған терезе менеджері.
* Жаңартылған интерактивті көмек бағдарламасы.
* Жаңаша безендірілген жиынтық иконалар.
The Phoebe 2100 (or RiscPC 2) was to be Acorn Computers' successor to the RiscPC,
Processors running at 300 MHz were being sampled by Acorn in September 1998, with 360 MHz versions also expected. Wakefield Acorn Spring Show May 1998 and the Acorn Southeast Show June 1998. By May 1998, Acorn started to offer their 'Registered Developer' scheme members the chance to pre order a pre launch prototype for testing and development, these were offered at a £950 (excl. VAT) a significant discount on the public price of £1500 (ex VAT) revealed in June. On 15 September 1998, the first Phoebe 2100 motherboards with silicon (rather than FPGA) based IOMD2 chips were powered up. They successfully ran at the full front side bus speed of 64 MHz, and the improved performance of the video chip was also seen; however, various bugs in the sound DMA were reported and general system instability was noted. As such, no shippable prototypes were yet available to send to the 'Registered Developers'. Two days later, on 17 September 1998, the development of Phoebe 2100 was cancelled. Development was expected to cost £2.1 million. or writing their own microkernel based operating system Galileo. However, for the launch of Phoebe 2100 an enhanced version of RISC OS would be developed, called RISC OS 4 (codenamed 'Ursula'). RISC OS wouldn't support the multiple processor daughter cards that had been included in the Phoebe 2100 hardware specification. Support for multiple serial ports
The PC style game port, supporting joystick and MIDI
In addition several new features were to be added to the core of RISC OS;
A better file system, increasing the number of items in directory from 77 to approx 88,000 and increasing the max length of a filename from 10 characters to 255
A plugin based system configuration utility. A new screensaver API
An enhanced window manager
An updated interactive help application
A redesigned set of icons
To prepare developers for the changes to the OS, Acorn released to its 'Registered Developer' program RISC OS 3.80, designed to load on Acorn's previous generation RiscPC and A7000 computers. This would enable developers to test that their software would be compatible with Phoebe 2100, provided it didn't require any of the new hardware features. RISC OS 3.80 was limited, it only ran on ARM6 and ARM7 RiscPCs and not StrongARM (ARMv4) based ones. Testing of hardware compatibility would have to wait until an initial run of 100 or so pre production machines was made available to Registered Developers.
Әзірлеушілерді ОЖ-ға енгізілетін өзгерістерге дайындау үшін Acorn өзінің «Тіркелген әзірлеуші» бағдарламасына RISC OS 3.80-ді шығарды, ол Acorn-ның бұрынғы буыны RiscPC және A7000 компьютерлеріне жүктеуге арналған. Бұл әзірлеушілерге олардың бағдарламалық жасақтамасы Phoebe 2100-мен үйлесімді болатынын тексеруге мүмкіндік береді, егер ол жаңа аппараттық мүмкіндіктердің ешқайсысын қажет етпесе. RISC OS 3.80 шектеулі болды, ол тек ARM6 және ARM7 RiscPC-де жұмыс істеді, StrongARM (ARMv4) негізделген компьютерлерде емес. Жабдықтың үйлесімділігін тексеру үшін тіркелген әзірлеушілерге 100-ге жуық өндіріске дейінгі машиналардың алғашқы партиясы қолжетімді болғанға дейін күтуге тура келеді.
The Phoebe 2100 (or RiscPC 2) was to be Acorn Computers' successor to the RiscPC,
Processors running at 300 MHz were being sampled by Acorn in September 1998, with 360 MHz versions also expected. Wakefield Acorn Spring Show May 1998 and the Acorn Southeast Show June 1998. By May 1998, Acorn started to offer their 'Registered Developer' scheme members the chance to pre order a pre launch prototype for testing and development, these were offered at a £950 (excl. VAT) a significant discount on the public price of £1500 (ex VAT) revealed in June. On 15 September 1998, the first Phoebe 2100 motherboards with silicon (rather than FPGA) based IOMD2 chips were powered up. They successfully ran at the full front side bus speed of 64 MHz, and the improved performance of the video chip was also seen; however, various bugs in the sound DMA were reported and general system instability was noted. As such, no shippable prototypes were yet available to send to the 'Registered Developers'. Two days later, on 17 September 1998, the development of Phoebe 2100 was cancelled. Development was expected to cost £2.1 million. or writing their own microkernel based operating system Galileo. However, for the launch of Phoebe 2100 an enhanced version of RISC OS would be developed, called RISC OS 4 (codenamed 'Ursula'). RISC OS wouldn't support the multiple processor daughter cards that had been included in the Phoebe 2100 hardware specification. Support for multiple serial ports
The PC style game port, supporting joystick and MIDI
In addition several new features were to be added to the core of RISC OS;
A better file system, increasing the number of items in directory from 77 to approx 88,000 and increasing the max length of a filename from 10 characters to 255
A plugin based system configuration utility. A new screensaver API
An enhanced window manager
An updated interactive help application
A redesigned set of icons
To prepare developers for the changes to the OS, Acorn released to its 'Registered Developer' program RISC OS 3.80, designed to load on Acorn's previous generation RiscPC and A7000 computers. This would enable developers to test that their software would be compatible with Phoebe 2100, provided it didn't require any of the new hardware features. RISC OS 3.80 was limited, it only ran on ARM6 and ARM7 RiscPCs and not StrongARM (ARMv4) based ones. Testing of hardware compatibility would have to wait until an initial run of 100 or so pre production machines was made available to Registered Developers.
Күшін жою
1998 жылдың 17 қыркүйегінде Acorn компаниясы өзінің қызметін талдап, Phoebe 2100-ді әзірлеген "Workstation Division" бөлімін жабу туралы шешім қабылдады, соның салдарынан барлық жұмыс тоқтатылды. Acorn Computers компаниясының бас директоры Стэн Боланд: "PC (Risc PC 2) үшін, негізінен үй пайдалануы мен ойындарға арналған, жеткілікті үлкен нарық жоқ. Бұл – хобби өнімі. Біз компанияның қалған бөлігін қайта құрылымдап, цифрлық теледидар және жұқа клиенттерге бағытталған компанияға айналамыз" деді. Computerworld Online News Acorn өкілінің айтуынша, "Проблеманың мәні – бұл өнімнің бөлшек сауда бағасы ұқсас мүмкіндіктері бар компьютерге қарағанда шамамен екі есе қымбатқа түсуі керек еді". Кейіннен, алдын ала тапсырыс бергендердің саны 150-ден 300-ға дейін болғаны белгілі болды.
Салдары
Фиби 2100 жобасының тоқтатылуынан кейін және Acorn Computers компаниясының жалпы есептеулерден set-top box әзірлеуге және DSP кремний дизайнына бағытын өзгертуінен кейін, Фиби 2100 аппараттық құралдарының немесе RISC OS 4 әзірлемесінің бір бөлігін немесе толығымен қайта жандандыруға бірнеше әрекеттер жасалды. Осы әрекеттердің ішінде сәтті болған жалғыз топ – бастапқыда Фиби 2100-ді шығаруға ниеттенген, бірақ бұл қаржылық тұрғыдан қиын екенін түсініп, жаңа RISCOS Ltd компаниясын құруға кіріскен Басқару тобы болды. 1999 жылдың наурыз айында RISCOS Ltd компаниясы жақында Acorn Computers деп аталған Element 14 компаниясымен лицензиялық келісімге келді және RISC OS 4 әзірлемесін аяқтау жұмыстарын бастады. 1999 жылдың шілдесінде RISCOS Ltd компаниясы RISC OS 4 жүйесін көпшілік назарына ұсынды. Бұл жүйе Acorn компаниясының RiscPC және A7000/+ машиналарымен үйлесімді болды. Сонымен қатар, жоюдан кейін CTA Direct компаниясы артық қалған Фиби 2100 сары түсті NLX корпусшаларын, кейде NLX үйлесімді компьютерлермен бірге сатты. Қазіргі таңдағы жұмыс істейтін жалғыз Фиби 2100 Кембридж қаласындағы Компьютер тарихы орталығының қорында сақтаулы.