How can I get tiger installation discs?

Photoshop CS2 opens but wont perform any task (open jpgs, create new jpgs etc). Other CS2 progs such as indesign are fine. MAC shop, couldn't fix, said I should try install op system 4 Powerbook G4-dont have discs- can I get them? or other solution? Am using OS 10.4.11- I think I need Tiger? Thanks for any help

Apple no longer has them.
Tiger Requirements...
To use Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, your Macintosh needs:
    * A PowerPC G3, G4, or G5 processor
    * Built-in FireWire
    * At least 256 MB of RAM (I recommend 1GB minimum)
    * DVD drive (DVD-ROM), Combo (CD-RW/DVD-ROM) or SuperDrive (DVD-R) for installation
    * At least 3 GB of free disk space; 4 GB if you install the XCode 2 Developer Tools (I recommend 20GB minimum)
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1514
See Tom's, (Texas Mac Man), great info on where/how to find/get Tiger...
https://discussions.apple.com/message/15305521#15305521
Or Ali Brown's great info on where/how to find/get Tiger...
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=10381710#10381710
Leopard requirements/10.5.x...
    * Mac computer with an Intel, PowerPC G5, or PowerPC G4 (867MHz or faster) processor
minimum system requirements
    * 512MB of memory (I say 1.5GB for PPC at least, 2-3GB minimum for IntelMacs)
    * DVD drive for installation
    * 9GB of available disk space (I say 30GB at least)
Classic/OS9 Apps no longer supported.
Trouble is Apple no longer sells it, check eBay & such for the Retail version, not the Gray Discs...
http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=mac+os+x+leopard+retail+10.5
There are workarounds if the 867MHz CPU is the only hangup...
http://sourceforge.net/projects/leopardassist/
http://lowendmac.com/osx/leopard/unsupported.html
List of Applications Not Compatible with Leopard...
http://guides.macrumors.com/List:Applications_Not_Compatible_with_Leopard

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This has been an ongoing annoyance for some time
now.
I cannot get my G4 iMac running the latest updated
Tiger to connect to a PC running Win2K (home network)
through a basic router and junction box.
Both are connected to the internet (DSL) via a
router, then one of those "splitter" or junction
boxes (what's the right term for this thing?)
you could mean a hub or a switch, but how many ports does your router have?
the connection goes from the DSL outlet on the wall, to
the router, then into this junction box, which then
connects the iMac and the PC to the net.
No problems with the net connection for both
machines.
Way back when I first had a different PC connected to
this configuration, I COULD see the PC from the iMac,
and vice versa. File sharing worked seamlessly.
Then one day, for no good reason, the Mac could no
longer "see" the PC ... but the PC could see the
iMac. So I resigned myself to swapping files to and
from the PC.
Just recently, I changed internet providers for my
DSL, resulting in an entirely new IP address setup
for each machine. Both machines now get the net. But
now NEITHER machine can see the other.
This is not normal your internal ip addresses would remain the same even if when you change your ISP.
From the Mac, I have tried:
Clicking on the Network icon in the Finder
Typing various different things into the window that
results when I click "GO" then "Connect To Server" --
the IP address of PC, the name of the PC, etc.
Ensuring "Windows file sharing" is engaged in the
"Sharing" window of the System Preferences
Ensuring "Appleshare" is on
Ensuring the firewall allows traffic with windows
file sharing
From the PC I have tried:
Ensuring the main drive is shared
Installed every network sharing device I could
(TCP/IP, etc)
From the "My Network Places" window, tried "adding a
new network place" (iMac doesn't show up)
Clicking on the "Computers Near Me" icon (nothing but
the PC itself shows up)
Clicking on the "Add Network Place" icon (cannot find
the iMac no matter what I type into the window, or
when I click "Browse")
Why is this so difficult? Why won't it work now when
it did before? Why has the machine-to-machine
capability of seeing each other steadily degenerated
over time?
It sounds to me your network needs to be troubleshooted before we can answer that.
I know I can go out and buy "Dave" to possibly get
this working ... but I shouldn't have to, Tiger has
been touted as the most amazing networking thing yet.
And, it worked before.
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Is there a way to run a diagnostic on the networking
function of Tiger? Could it have possibly been
damaged?
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Any suggestions?
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On your pc goto the start menu, click run, enter the work 'command' press enter.
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ipconfig
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