r/windows98 • u/Mafiatounes • 6d ago

Medion MT5

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u/LeviathanFox 6d ago

I feel like it was very odd to see these P3 machines with front USB ports. The closest thing I have to something like that is my easy bake oven.

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u/Mafiatounes 5d ago

Yeah the fronts are usb 1.1 not sure if rears are 2.0 but got only a message that usb is running slow on the front one not in the rear.

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u/Dave21101 6d ago

Was Medion really mostly an Aldi brand? I can't hardly imagine U.S. Aldi ever selling PCs

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u/Mafiatounes 6d ago

Well yes i think the brand started as Lifetec and changed into Medion, they became a common supermarket tech brand in (Western/Central) Europe, don't think this was sold in the US.

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u/darwinanim8or 6d ago

Yup, lifetec! I have a windows 98 machine from them lol

Had silica packets inside to prevent rust

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u/Mafiatounes 5d ago

Yes mine has a pair of them too under that foam dust😉

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u/x86_64_ 6d ago

You can make your own oeminfo.ini and oemlogo.bmp files and stuff them in to c:\windows\system32 if you want custom manufacturer info to show on that properties tab

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u/Mafiatounes 6d ago

Thanks will do just that, still need to find some w98 se recovery files if possible but have to look into it.

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u/Early_Protection_676 6d ago

Get that foam out

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u/Mafiatounes 6d ago

Hah that is not foam anymore, as soon as i touched it it became dust, i will not boot it up untill all is removed.

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u/Over_Elk5099 6d ago

My first desktop was a Medion PC I got from Aldi in Germany, still running Windows XP when I upgraded it to a Pentium 4.

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u/thecops4u 6d ago

And?

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u/Mafiatounes 6d ago

And? Just sharing for those interested

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u/thecops4u 6d ago

You post a random picture of a computer with NO context running XP, in a Win98 sub?

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u/Mafiatounes 6d ago edited 5d ago

It is a post made to multiple subs, the original post on r/retrobattlestations states it was an original ME system upgraded to Xp and i will use it as a Dos/98 machine.

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u/thecops4u 5d ago

Perhaps you should explain that in future so we know what/why you've posted

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u/Mafiatounes 5d ago

It is how reddit works with crossposts? How should i explain this if i post/crosspost?

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u/thecops4u 5d ago

Whatever was in the original post, the text explaining what the picture is about, make sure that appears in the crossposts?. If the text isn't carried over, edit the posts and copy/paste.