NEED TO UNINSTALL OS 10.2; INSTALL 9.2.2 on eMac--HOW??

We have what is undoubtedly an uncommon situation. We still have to run 9.2.2 on our computers due to some expensive equipment we use for business (printer/plotters whose drivers will not be supported any higher than OS 9). Since we have an iMac and Sawtooth G4 tower that are both a few years old, that isn't a problem.
But. . . we just had to purchase a used machine to take out to our store, and this machine (a refurbed eMac) has 10.2 installed. Since we have NO experience with any version of X, I am desperately searching for any info on how to completely UNINSTALL 10.2 from the machine in order to INSTALL 9.2.2.
Can anyone help?? (Hopefully without any snarky comments about having to use 9.2.2?
eMac   Mac OS X (10.2.x)  
eMac   Mac OS X (10.2.x)  

Hi Art ...
A suggestion: If you have an OS 9 bootable emac, I'd advise the following....
Boot from the latest OS 9 version CD that you can.
Select 'Disk utility' from the 1st screen of the boot CD.
Partition your drive - say 3 partitions: 1 for OS 9 Boot, 1 for 'work', 1 for OS X Boot (this will also wipe your hard drive). Or, if your current drive is too small, get another internal (or external Firewire Drive) and partition either or both.
Install 9 & X on their appropriate Partitions (they'll appear as separate Volumes now).
Use 'startup disk' selection to switch between the two as req'd [yeah, I know you don't know OS X, but you will need to, it's not a difficult switch - and you'll benefit greatly from doing so... there are a lot of important apps you'll need/want sometime that'll only run under an OS X vers. and, if you have it there you can always just select the X boot Volume, reboot, install Apps & play.
Change 'startup disk' back to the OS 9 vol. via X's System prefs->Startup (very simple)... when you're finished with X.]
It's actually not an uncommon situation - We also have a similar lot of 'legacy' gear on other Macs but with a Network, OS X's file & device sharing we get along just fine - very fast and convenient (we also use firewire externals to move vast amounts of data from mac A to B or C .. etc. "instantly").
A few bucks on a 'OS X.n Missing Manual' or similar and some time on sites like this one (and with OS X) will have you comfortable with X in no time whilst you continue to use OS 9 as much as you like... But, knowing OS X is going to be very important to you (Trust Me™) grin
Hope that helps... write back if you need more.
best wishes,
Wayne T

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