How do you get iCal on Snow Leopard to sync with iCloud

My wife has a slightly older intel based iMac running Snow Leopard. The machine is too old for Lion. The family has been a long time user of MobileMe and we updated to iCloud when it was released. This seems to have created a problem with iCal, which can't connect to an appropriate server. I've tried two different servers that I have found mentioned in forums.
p06-caldav.icloud.com
caldav.icloud.com
Neither of these worked. Does anyone know what the correct server is? Or has Apple intentially screwed us by deliberately making it incompatible?
Thanks for any help anyone can provide.
Rick

Officially you can't sync calendars on Snow Leopard, but there are unofficial workarounds. In addition to the correct server address, you also need the dedicated number for your account.
See: http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20111014102515403 for instructions.

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