sort file problem { xy-3.53 under WIN98.SE }

["Pierre d'Or jcvanhaeften@xxxxxxxx" jcvanhaeften@xxxxxxxx]

It must be about 8 years ago i used a self-made sortfile,
now i need a special reverse sort again

so i did make a file contaning:
;SO;
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
i
j
k
l
m
n
o
p
q
r
s
t
u
v
w
x
y
z

Both LOAD and LDSORT accept this file ("done").

But if i use the sort-command the result is not reverse but the
same as always (before the load)

Using Ctrl-M i never see a file is load at line 6 (sorting), nor
before nor after loading my own sort-file.

Who knows why it is not working or what i am doing rong?