Problems upgrading to CS2

Hello,
I own an old version of photoshop (Photoshop 3.0) and I am trying to upgrade to CS2, but of course I cannot do that with the current CS2 installer. I tried calling customer service, but they appear to be closed for the weekend. Does anybody have any experience upgrading from a very old version, or know anything about how it works? Thanks for your time!

I would post this on the "Adobe Photoshop" forum. You are on the "Adobe Photoshop SDK" forum. (Developers with API questions)
Or you could try technical support. Does your system meet the minimum requirements for CS2?

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