I'm really happy to see that there is still interest in this game. I'm equally as excited to release the game for everyone to play, but I am only one person. If you are interested in helping (mapping definitely), please send me a PM - or better yet message me on facebook (I'm listed on the AGN member directory doc).
If you are savvy with Visual Basic 6 and want to help debug, I could use the man power as well.
Like Tim said, you should be fine. I used to play the original on a 28.8k modem.