Lost original disks-will buying Tiger solve the need for them?

I have lost the original disks for my iMac Flatscreen. Now I need to re-install the system so that I can get the computer to start up again.
1. Will brand new Tiger disks solve my need for the original disks?
2. My husband & I have owned probably 20 Macintoshes over the years and we have many sets of original disks on the shelves. Perhaps my lost ones are mingled in there. But how do I tell which ones go with the iMac Flatscreen? Neither the disks nor the packaging indicates what computer they go with. Is there some sort of code I can refer to?
3. What I really need my Flatscreen for is to run OS 9 and non-Intel Mac applications. Can Tiger accommodate me?
iMac flatscreen   Mac OS X (10.3)  

Hello "O":
Welcome to Apple discussions.
I have lost the original disks for my iMac
Flatscreen. Now I need to re-install the system so
that I can get the computer to start up again.
1. Will brand new Tiger disks solve my need for the
original disks?
A retail version of OS X (10.4) will install the operating system without problem. If you go that route, I suggest wiping the HD first - although an erase and install will do that as well (overkill, I suppose).
2. My husband & I have owned probably 20 Macintoshes
over the years and we have many sets of original
disks on the shelves. Perhaps my lost ones are
mingled in there. But how do I tell which ones go
with the iMac Flatscreen? Neither the disks nor the
packaging indicates what computer they go with. Is
there some sort of code I can refer to?
I have a G4 (flat panel). My original software came on two DVDs - gray in color and labeled iMac Software install (1 of 2 and 2 of 2). My G5 software install DVD has "G5" on it.
3. What I really need my Flatscreen for is to run OS
9 and non-Intel Mac applications. Can Tiger
accommodate me?
iMac
flatscreen   Mac OS X (10.3)  
OS X 10.4 (Tiger) will certainly run non-Intel applications. I have not run OS 9 for years, but I understand that OS 9 applications will run under OS X 10.4 (see this knowledge base article):
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106678
Barry
P.S. The next version of the operating system (code named Leopard) is due for release later this year.

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