Reading old files

I have some old files on an Iomega Zip disk that I cannot read. I have a 100mb Zip drive which opens up the files but they all say : "cannot execute binary file". Any suggestions?

The message I get is this:
Last login: Fri Sep 24 17:56:35 on ttys000
/Volumes/ZIP-100/Little\ Willie\'s\ Blues/Blues\ Connections ; exit;
[Bob-Bibbys-Computer:~] bobbibby% /Volumes/ZIP-100/Little\ Willie\'s\ Blues/Blues\ Connections ; exit;
/Volumes/ZIP-100/Little Willie's Blues/Blues Connections: /Volumes/ZIP-100/Little Willie's Blues/Blues Connections: cannot execute binary file
logout
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