How to open or place Illustrator 6 files in Creative Suite

I have dozens of Illustrator 6 files created 1996-1997, both .eps and .ai, that I suddenly need to access after all these years. I have tried both opening them as well as placing them in CS 2, 3, 4, and 5 to no avail. I get a message that "the file is in an unknown format and cannot be opened" in Illustrator and Photoshop. In InDesign, I get "Cannot place this file. No filter found for requested operation." No luck with Acrobat or Distiller, either. I have tried changing extensions from .eps to .ai and vice-versa. No luck. Can't open them in Preview, Graphic Converter, or Inkscape, either.
Does anyone know of a way to get these ancient files into Creative Suite? Perhaps a plug-in or third-party software? Anything? I am on Mac OS 10.6.5. Thanks.

I will look into drop box as well I have a paying YouSendIt account but drop box might be good as well.
Back to the OP's quest, were these files created by you or abtained via e-mail?
were they ever stored on an external drive or perhaps a drive thart went belly up?
Were they ever record to removable storage, I suspect they have goten corrupt because of hardware issues.

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