Need to get an Expander for this stupid Mac. Help?

[dcsonic2k]

My stupid old Mac currently has no uncompressor software on it. It is connected via a LAN to my PC, which is running PC MACLAN. My goal was to download software (ie. Netscape) through the PC to the Mac, and then run it. I've found that I need an Expander software, but in order to use the expander software that I downloaded, you have to have an expander to expand the expander (that's why I'm glad WinZip for PC comes in a SELF-EXTRACTING archive).
Anyways, my Mac has no web browser and is basically only able to share files with my PC. How can I uncompress Netscape or any other software? Thanks.

Also - When I expand anything from the PC to the mac hard drive, and then check the properties of it on my Windows machine, it says that it is saved as Creator: dosa Type: TEXT. I tried changing the type to APPL, but all I get is error 39. Maybe the creator is wrong? What can I do?

 

[mattyrug]

Need a little more Info, are you expanding a .sit file to your Mac??
What OS are you running?? You should be able to download Drop Stuff, or Stuffit Expander, from Alladin Systems, (for Mac) to your PC, and transfer the File over to the Mac, with no Problems.
Also when you download a compressed Mac File to your PC, you should never Unzip it on the PC, always do it right on the Mac. I had many frustrating problems doing this. Most "Un-Zipping" Utilities will attempt to re-write Resource Forks in the order the OS tells them to. (I don't know if that's a clear Explination or not!!)
I had to do the same thing. I ask which version OS you are running, because Mac OS 7.1 and later included Netsacpe, and IE, and Eudora right on the CD-ROM.
Link for Alladin!

 

[dcsonic2k]

I'm running System 7.5.3, but I don't see Netscape or Eudora on any of the system disks. If I just plain transfer the file over to the Mac, it can't open it at all. I've tried expanding the files on my PC and saving them on the mac using Aladdin with the save resource fork option on, but it still doesn't work. I keep getting error 39's. I've even gone in with PC Maclan and changed the creator and type to the correct ones.

I just can't get the thing to work!

BTW - Error 39 is an "End of File" error, according to Apple.