This problem bothered me a lot. I want to transfer a collections of files from my modern Mac to compact Mac. 

It is painful to transfer it through floppy disk. So I use ethernet on my compact Mac and transfer a compressed file through ftp.

But Mac SE can't decompress the file in stuffit expander. I have try gzip, tar, hqx and sit. They all failed in SE. 

Can anyone give me some hints on how to transfer a collection of files easily from modern Mac/PC to compact Mac?