PC hardware for WDT/400-does IBM have an opinion?

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Could an underpowered PC cause communications problems?  My can’
t-keep-it-out-of-EasyServ i1592 ThinkPad is 500 mHz with 256 megs; my
desktop is 450 mHz with 256 megs.  Neither system has any demanding
applications running, unless you include Windows 2000, Outlook 2000, Client
Access Express, the full metal jacket version of Norton SystemWorks, and the
appropriate service packs.

“Verify” rips right along once everything is cached, but the caching process
seems to be slow over any WAN.  Is the caching process communications- or
processor dependent?

I’m thinking System/3 disk drives…maybe I can go in and move the jumper to
go from low speed to high speed?

Thanks,
Reeve
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