Need help with pre-OSX files

I've a number of old files taken from an old iMac, that were created in System 8 and 9.2... specifically Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop files. Trying to open them on my Intel Mac doesn't work... anybody got any tips? Is it possible to access them at all?

The only OS problem would be if the files didn't have an extension and showed up as UNIX executable files. Even those can be opened if you guess the correct extension and add it, then drag 'n drop the file onto the icon of the running program in the Dock. It sounds however as if the files do have their extensions, in which case they should open just fine, no matter how old they are. Thus, I have files I have in a backup folder which originated on my 8600 Mac, which could not even run OS X. I just double-clicked a psd file created in 2000 and Photoshop CS4 launched and opened it. I got a jpg file created in 1998, dropped it on the PSCS4 icon in the Dock, and it opened just fine. And that file was most likely created on a Windows machine and emailed to me. There's an eps file from 1999 that, just for kicks, I opened in Preview. I found an Excel spreadsheet from early 1996, double clicking it launched Excel from Office 2004, and the file opened, while double-clicking a Word document, which was made on an ancient Windows machine and emailed to me (GetInfo says its type is MS Word 1.x-5.x) opened in Office 2004 Word without a problem. And so on. In short, if the files have their proper extensions and you have the appropriate programs in OS X, most old files should open just fine. So you have some other sort of problem with those files. Without more details about the files I can't guess what the problem might be.
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