FWIW: I've added an initialization routine that does exactly what I've described above and it seems to work consistently. I know it seems a bit like I'm talking to myself here, but lots of folks helped in both #blitzbasic and #blitzcoder and I'd like to thank em for bearing with me as I got this sorted out.
Definitely some unusual findings -- nice to know it's the sort of thing you can work around though.
Definitely some unusual findings -- nice to know it's the sort of thing you can work around though.