diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 1e3d8462e..789fdc1c9 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2003-03-20  David Ayers  <d.ayers@inode.at>
+
+	* Source/NSCell.m ([NSCell encodeWithCoder:]): Reinsert encoding
+	of isContinuous to insure backward compatiblity of archives.
+
 2003-03-20  Serg Stoyan <stoyan@on.com.ua>
 
 	* Source/NSMenuView.m 
diff --git a/Source/NSCell.m b/Source/NSCell.m
index 2199653ae..0d42717d7 100644
--- a/Source/NSCell.m
+++ b/Source/NSCell.m
@@ -1945,7 +1945,10 @@ static NSColor	*shadowCol;
   flag = _cell.is_selectable;
   [aCoder encodeValueOfObjCType: @encode(BOOL) at: &flag];
   // This used to be is_continuous, which has been replaced.
-  //flag = _cell.is_continuous;
+  /* Ayers 20.03.2003: But we must continue to encode it for backward
+     compatibility or current releases will have undefined behavior when
+     decoding archives (i.e. .gorm files) encoded by this version. */
+  flag = [self isContinuous];
   [aCoder encodeValueOfObjCType: @encode(BOOL) at: &flag];
   flag = _cell.allows_mixed_state;
   [aCoder encodeValueOfObjCType: @encode(BOOL) at: &flag];