On May 18, 2021, at 12:45 PM, R. A. Cantrell <[email protected]> wrote:
> I was gifted an iMac G5 1.8 a few years ago and fiddled with it a while and > could not get it to a very serviceable situation. Has Safari, has Firefox, > but I get a lot of "could not establish secure connection" and "unsupported > browser" responses. I would like to get it sorted out so that I can re-gift > it to some people who need it. It has 10.4.11 running and the computer seems > to run right, but it will present insurmountable difficulties for the > intended end user. Any help? You're getting HTTPS errors because the SSL/TLS standards have advanced, and the older ones are no longer supported for security reasons. You could install MacPorts and the curl and openssl packages to allow command-line downloading, but I don't see you getting a usable web browsing experience out of this machine. On the other hand, it would work fine for running PPC-only and non-Carbon classic applications (such as many games), so perhaps you could find someone interested in that. Josh -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To leave this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iMac Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/imaclist/A38E06A1-CCEE-419B-B17E-77C8BD08296D%40gmail.com.
