Thanks for the answers, everyone! I'll keep at it! Just wanted to make sure that there wasn't something I didn't know about. I can't tell you all how many times I have read the sentence below (found on the wiki page for V101:
"V101 can be easily found in the quest
Lost SOUL BLADE with a Section ID of Viridia, Greenill or Oran. Progress through Mine 1 and kill all of the Sinow Blues, then reset the quest without playing Mine 2."
I used last year's anniversary event to basically complete most of bucket list of gear (other than the Red Ring).
Didn't read about V101 until after the event and I have been searching ever since. At this rate I'll get it during this year's anniversary event, LOL.
I've been playing on this private server for a few years now to complete my dream of beating episodes 1 & 2 on Ultimate. I will probably throw in Episode 4 at some point, but I played the first Dreamcast release and then the Gamecube release. How much I love this game still amazes me.