Can't use Firefox on old iMac anymore

I have an old iMac. It's got OS 10.1.5 on it (most recent update I could find, not having discs for higher OSs. It also only has 96 MB RAM. I'm kinda broke and can't afford to upgrade). It used to have Firefox on it and it worked fine. Then I tried updating it, not thinking about the most recent version not being compatible with the OS. I basically put the new version into the Applications folder and had the new version replace the old one.
Obviously, it didn't work. I tried finding older version of Firefox and through much digging, found version 1.4 and installed it, replacing the newer version with that one. I thought that would work, too.
It doesn't.
It installed OK, but when I try to open it, it says "The application Firefox has unexpectedly quit" every time. I've restarted the computer, tried it on different user screens, but nothing works.
I've got Mozilla installed on it for now, but it's nothing like Firefox. I miss my old Firefox.
Is there any way to make it work? I also tried installing Safari on it, but couldn't find an old enough version that would be compatible with the OS

You probably have a preference file that didn't overwrite and is causing the problem . Do this do a search for "firefox " on your computer and then delete them all , preference file and everything ( back up your bookmarks to a separate folder do as not to loose it ) . Next empty the trash , reboot and then re-download the 1.4 version of Firefox . it should work then .

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