Digital BW, The Print

I am wondering if there is anything anyone might suggest on this end
regarding the hold up on the availability of the inks and cartridges
for the Epson 2400.
We have telephoned MIS a number of times, but the response is that MIS
is only waiting for the chip maker to provide chips for the MIS 2400
cartridges. 
Apparently the ink is ready/ And the 2400 is listed to use the same
cartridges as the R1800 family.  Paul Roark posted that he had
received a shipment of 2400 inks over a week ago, but they may have
been black only.
Perhaps those of us that have 2400's could use the chips that are on
the existing original Epson (and easily spent) cartridges, use MIS
2400 inks, and reset the existing 2400 chips with the chip resetter,
unless they are un-rest-able.

It has been months. We here have 2400's ready to use the MIS 2400
inks,  `Just attempting some communication on this point. It seems not
a small or insignificant point, at least to those on my end. 
Any of this make sense ?