Minimum HW Req'ts: Arch on Pentium Pro 200?

I have just built a vintage Pentium Pro 200 PC from a lot of parts I had lying around. It is quite the machine for its time - dual Pentium Pro 200 CPUs, 128 MB of RAM, a big hard drive (I had a 120 GB drive so I used it!), SCSI Zip and Jaz drives, etc.
I have loaded Windows NT 4.0 on it - Win NT 4.0 and the Pentium Pro 200 were natural running mates at the time each was current - but I am wondering if I could load Arch Linux on it instead. Arch is 686 optimized, and the Pentium Pro is the original 686!
What are the minimum hardware requirements to run Arch? I have searched both these forums and the Wiki with no luck. Will it run on a 200 MHz processor with 128 MB of RAM?
If it could, I would use the lightest of lightweight software I could find - IceWM, Sylpheed, XMMS, etc. hoping to build a usable system.
What do you think? Can this work on this hardware base?

Hi all, just reporting back to let you know that I have Arch 2007-05 (Duke) up and running nicely on a two CPU Pentium Pro 200 box, in only 128 MB of RAM. It seems to run pretty well, although it *is* slow to launch big heavyweights like Firefox and Thunderbird. I have hunted down an older, lighter web browser (Opera 6.11) and moved to Sylpheed for email. All in all, an excellent result. This post is being made on this new Arch install, through Opera 6.11.
I have set Arch up two different window managers, XFCE4 and IceWM. On a 200 MHz box, XFCE4 is the "big heavy but full featured" window manager and IceWM is the small fast one. In both cases, I am using Rox as the desktop (created my own ~/.config/XFCE4/xinitrc to configure Rox instead of XFCE4 desktop). Rox makes an excellent lightweight, fast desktop manager. I actually like it better than XFCE4 desktop, and the inherent Rox file manager is way, way faster than Thunar (and nicer looking too, once you pick up a nice theme like Noia or even just the supplied Gnome theme - Rox's default is just plain ugly!).
The only real issue I have left is that it continually complains that my locale is not correct. I have just done the stock install and haven't changed anything in this regard. Where/how do I set the locale? I would like to make these messages go away!

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I have found the root cause but will need further assistance from someone at HP to "solve" this one....
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I really wish I could help but I am afraid this is a bit beyond my level of comprehension. What I took from this was, you have to turn off the duel band feature to get the printer to work without that error message, correct? The User Guide may help you but when I tried to read it my mind was blown away by just how many settings could be adjusted to fit your needs. No need to do anything troulbeshooting-wise just yet. All I need for you to do is look at page 137 on how to set sleep delay and auto power down functions and page 132 for link and duplex settings and let me know if you think it could be something to do with these.
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I just purchased an HP LaserJet Pro 200 MFP M276nw which replaces an HP Color LaserJet 2605dn.
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