Enabling SSL

How can I use a .htaccess file to enable ssl connections on a dedicated 
server?  When I try to connect to a page on the site, I get a 404 Not 
Found error.  The configuration from the server is:

Apache/1.3.33 (Unix) mod_auth_passthrough/1.8 mod_log_bytes/1.2 
mod_bwlimited/1.4 PHP/4.3.9 FrontPage/5.0.2.2635 mod_ssl/2.8.22 
OpenSSL/0.9.7a PHP-CGI/0.1b (from phpinfo()).

It seems like I should be able to connect using an https prefix, and 
that I should be able to use a .htaccess file to accomplish this, but 
I'm having trouble finding exactly how to do this.  Can anyone point me 
to an example?

TIA

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