Well, Pez, they initially said there were some materials that they couldn't source anymore. So I bought into that idea. But apparently on the ML blogs, there was much bantering going on, so much, that they decided maybe they should do the whole archive support. If they can do it 9and it isn't a material problem), then it's great news for all ML owners, past and present.
I think they just didn't want to stock a lot of parts for the old stuff (bean-counter mentality), if you get my drift.
Wayner