What did I misinterpret, .bas files are really split by Chr$(13) + Chr$(10) you need both in one delimiter.
This isn't quite true. :P
Files are delimited according to the CRLF line endings, which vary from OS to OS.
Old versions of Windows used CHR$(13) + CHR$(10) as the CRLF character.
Linux uses CHR$(10) for line endings.
Old Macs use CHR$(13) for line endings.
New Macs have swapped over to CHR$(10) line endings, if I remember correctly.
New versions of Windows have gotten with the program and generally default to the old CHR$(13) + CHR$(10) line endings, but they also now allow you to import and export your line endings however the heck you want!
It's your OS which determines what types of line endings your files have; not the BAS extension itself. At the end of the day, all a BAS file is, is a TXT file with a little more descriptive extension on it. ;)