Illustrator 8 on Mac OS X 10.4.11

Yes, I realize that it wasn't designed to be able to work with Mac OS X.
I've been a PS user for years now, and decided to give Illustrator a try. But, before I dish out hundreds of bucks on it, I thought I'd purchase an earlier version from Ebay and give it a go first.
I am running an OLDER version of Photoshop on this same Mac (PS 7), but Illustrator 8 won't install. Is there ANY way around this? I guess I assumed that since an older version of PS would work, that an older version of Illustrator would, too.
I found this thread here: http://macosx.com/forums/mac-os-x-system-mac-software/294778-illustrator-file-previews.ht ml
That thread (and others) clearly states that someone has 8 working on an OS X system (10.4.8 is the lastest mentioned, which is darn close enough!).
However, when I try to run the installation program on my disc, I get this:
"You cannot open the application 'Install Adobe Illustrator' because it is not supported on this system."
I'm a fairly new Mac user, and so I thought I'd ask here how exactly I would go about getting this installation to work. A plugin? A special download, and then I just need to use the product key that I purchased? Is there anyone that can help me? I'd really love to get this running, and then I'm sure I'll want to upgrade to CS3!
Thank you so much in advance for your help!
Edit: Oh... It IS a Mac CD that I'm trying to install, btw. It's Illustrator 8.0.1 for Macs.

You would need OS9.2(?), but...oh wait, Apple no longer supports classic ( they dumped it with the Tiger intro ( 10.4 ). Illustrator 8's font engine ( and print engine, and a few other things you'll need ) will not work with Leopard and/or the recent Intel based Macs.
A workaround would be to setup an external drive and install OS9 on that, but that would be a long shot because the Intel Mac probably will not mount the drive or recognize it...so no way to access Illustrator 8, even if you were able to install it. You could find a used G3 or G4 with OS9 installed, then you'd be golden. You'd just need an old copy of Adobe Type Manager ( ATM Deluxe ) which may work with the Open Type fonts you're probably using now.

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