Want to run a classic EQ server

[Bombastic]

So me and some friends found out about this a few days ago and have been constantly talking about how it was fun back in the good ol EQ. Now after reading the wiki it doesn't seem to hard to get it going, BUT will I be able to run the simplest version of EQ without any of the expansions properly? All I want is to run a server on my comp for me and my handfull of friends to play on.

Also just ran into a lil blip, I installed EQ from the original EQ cd and I can't patch the game as it's not connecting to the update server and I can't find the two files spells_en and spells_us that I need, so I'm not sure how to proceed from there, do I need to find and download an older client updater or buy the new EQ Titanium?