Transferring ACSII files to MAC OS 10.3.7

I am a proud new Mac-Mini owner, after having used a Smith-Corona word processor since 1993. From that machine I have ACSII documents on a floppy disk. How do I read these into my MAC? I use Panther 10.3.7
Mac Mini Mac OS X (10.3.7)

Huachuca Kid,, welcome, I have ACSII documents exported out of FreeHand as ".text" and I use a external floppy disk to transport them, like these.
Joe
Power Mac G4 Gigabit Ethernet Mac OS X (10.3.9)

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