I can't use iChat on a Tiger

Hi eveybody!
I got Snow Leopard, and iChat works fine with my [email protected] free account. Now a question:
My father has Tiger on an iMac; I tried to set up a @mac.com id for him from +https://myinfo.apple.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/MyInfo.woa/66/wo/LgCq54Kk.....+ but initially there was only a nickname, then I manually added @mac.com and now I can't change it anymore because it says "*+You cannot change this Apple ID because it is tied to a MobileMe account and/or an iChat ID+*.".
The problem is that now, after the registration, on this Tiger machine iChat doeasn't work, it doesn't recognise the @mac.com account (it says wrong password or stuff like that).
I also tried to create a jabber account for my father ([email protected]) but we can't see each other online status (we always see each other offline). Now friend request arrived when he added me to his contact list...
Please, tell me how I can videochat with my father before I go to University...

Hi,
If the Screen Name is Linked to a MobileMe account then in Tiger/iChat 3 add it as if it were an AIM Name but type the name in full including the @me.com (or @mac.com)
In iChat 4 the site you link to is the site for an @mac.com Screen Name.
iChat 5 seems to have redirect to the AIM Page for the same thing (new Screen Name)
There is a place to go to about "recovering" the Info which I think does allow some modifications but I don't have the link where I am now.
8:25 PM Wednesday; September 30, 2009

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