HELP! upgrading from 10.2.8 on a powerpc g3 500mhz 640 mb

Please help! after my computer sadly died, i had to wipe it then reinstall old os x 10.2.8. (originally came with os x 9, however the apple store kindly put on a newer os x when i had problems last year (the orignial os x 9 discs were damaged)
now my safari browser 1.0.3 (v 85.8.1) fails to work on 99% of websites. is there any way i can upgrade my operating system so it supports a newer version of safari.
i am unfortunately not very computer literate, but very able to follow instructions! i'm not in a great position as the apple people would no longer help with my "vintage" mac :o( but im convinced it can be fixed as they managed to do it last year.
thanks
Jo

Hello joaadams,
First of all, Welcome to the  Discussion forums!
a pal had a copy of 10.4.10 but my computer just spits the discs straight back out
I assume this disk was probably machine specific disk for 10.4 and not full retail disks? Remember, also, that Tiger disks are dvd and not cd (there was a special dvd to cd exchange program originally offered but this is no longer available form Apple to my knowledge). So if your machine is cdrom drive and not a combo drive or dvd drive then you would need to install via another Mac and Firewire using Firewire Target Disk Mode.
10.4 Tiger full retail disks sell at a premium these days but can be found through a variety of online resellers such as on ebay etc. Be careful when purchasing as you need "Full Retail Install" disks and not machine specific or upgrade disks.
If you upgrade to 10.4 and then update to 10.4.11 you can use a later version of Safari browser.
If you find you cannot upgrade to Tiger 10.4 you might try upgrading, after purchasing some OS 10.3 Retail install disks (again on a source such as ebay and update-able to 10.3.9) and then you could use a slightly more updated browser such as Firefox or my recomendation would be Camino 1.6.6. Be aware though of System requirements for any of these browsers....read carefully. Panther Full Retail Install disks can be found much cheaper than Tiger 10.4 disks but are still limited much more than the later 10.4 OS.
post back with any further questions and/or comments,
LS

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