Phoebe 2100: Aleph One

Aleph One have an important role to play in Phoebe's development, as they are providing the PC card.
The intention is to use a PCI-based PC card, of which there are many available.
Prices for these cards vary between $200 and $2,000, depending on the level of features supplied on the card.
The most basic devices consist of a Processor, memory sockets and the PCI interface. Others add sound and graphics support.
Aleph One are looking at a minimum specification of a 166MHz Pentium, although the cards to be used have not yet been chosen.
The company's existing applications and software drivers will be modified to use the new cards.
Some of the features of the present PC-card system may not be possible, however. As the PC-card is less tightly coupled to the Acorn system, it may not be possible to run the PC display in a window. Particularly with cards that implement their own graphics hardware, a switch may be required to take the video output either from Phoebe or the card.
Aleph One hope that this situation may be avoided with a modified version of their existing display drivers.
It is hoped that the launch date will coincide with that of Phoebe itself.