If the ASCII characters clog up the connector they fall out into your car and it gradually fills up with invisible ASCII characters. First a puddle in the drivers footwell, then if you leave the player running for long enough without opening the doors then they will get as high as your head. Most ASCII characters are harmless but don't breath in the non-printable ones. They will displace oxygen of course so if the car fills up totally then you will probably suffocate.

This is why we recommend only running the developer version if you need to - it generates lots more ASCII characters.

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Mike Crowe
I may not be speaking on behalf of empeg above :-)