further update:
according to this forum here:
http://www.macworld.com/forums/ubbth...15&Main=488826
if I rename the file and add the proper extension, the files should work.
Apparently (for you mac users who in the future may follow in my footsteps and wonder why xcom doesn't work on your mac dosbox) OS X 10.4 sometimes doesn't know how to read older files, and so temporarily reassigns them as Unix Executable Files.
The person in this thread was working with jpegs and excel files and said this:
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Gsahli's suggestion to add .jpg worked. I encountered the same problem with some Excel files until I added .xls to them.[/b]
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So, if I know the name and file type and/or extension, I can rename the files so that they'll work.
r.u.s.s., thanks again sincerely for your patience and help.