diff --git a/common/sys.h b/common/sys.h
index e3b89f5..36800dc 100644
--- a/common/sys.h
+++ b/common/sys.h
@@ -71,3 +71,4 @@ void Sys_LowFPPrecision (void);
 void Sys_HighFPPrecision (void);
 void Sys_SetFPCW (void);
 
+extern char trans_table[256];
diff --git a/common/sys_common.c b/common/sys_common.c
index 2198ec4..6519b56 100644
--- a/common/sys_common.c
+++ b/common/sys_common.c
@@ -46,6 +46,27 @@ int nostdout = 0;
 cvar_t	sys_nostdout = {"sys_nostdout","0"};
 
 
+char trans_table[256] = {
+'\0', '#', '#', '#', '#', '.', '#', '#', '#', 9, 10, '#', ' ', 13, '.',
+'.', '[', ']', '0', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9', '.', '<', 
+'=', '>', ' ', '!', '"', '#', '$', '%', '&', '\'', '(', ')', '*', '+', ',',
+'-', '.', '/', '0', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9', ':', ';', 
+'<', '=', '>', '?', '@', 'A', 'B', 'C', 'D', 'E', 'F', 'G', 'H', 'I', 'J', 
+'K', 'L', 'M', 'N', 'O', 'P', 'Q', 'R', 'S', 'T', 'U', 'V', 'W', 'X', 'Y',
+'Z', '[', '\\', ']', '^', '_', '`', 'a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f', 'g', 'h',
+'i', 'j', 'k', 'l', 'm', 'n', 'o', 'p', 'q', 'r', 's', 't', 'u', 'v', 'w',
+'x', 'y', 'z', '{', '|', '}', '~', '<', '<', '=', '>', '#', '#', '.', '#',
+'#', '#', '#', ' ', '#', ' ', '>', '.', '.', '[', ']', '0', '1', '2', '3',
+'4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9', '.', '<', '=', '>', ' ', '!', '"', '#', '$',
+'%', '&', '\'', '(', ')', '*', '+', ',', '-', '.', '/', '0', '1', '2', '3',
+'4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9', ':', ';', '<', '=', '>', '?', '@', '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', '[', '\\', ']', '^', '_', '`',
+'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', '{', '|', '}', '~',
+'<',
+};
+
 /*
 ================
 Sys_Printf
@@ -64,10 +85,13 @@ void Sys_Printf (char *fmt, ...)
 	va_end(argptr);
 
 	for (p = (unsigned char *)text; *p; p++) {
+	    putc(trans_table[*p], stdout);
+	    /*
 		if ((*p > 128 || *p < 32) && *p != 10 && *p != 13 && *p != 9)
 			printf("[%02x]", *p);
 		else
 			putc(*p, stdout);
+	    */
 	}
 
 	/* Make sure output is seen. */
diff --git a/common/sys_linux.c b/common/sys_linux.c
index 27413f2..6db2564 100644
--- a/common/sys_linux.c
+++ b/common/sys_linux.c
@@ -155,15 +155,24 @@ void Sys_DebugLog(char *file, char *fmt, ...) {
 
 	va_list argptr; 
 	static char data[1024];
-	int fd;
+	FILE *stream;
+	unsigned char *p;
+	//int fd;
     
 	va_start(argptr, fmt);
 	vsprintf(data, fmt, argptr);
 	va_end(argptr);
 // fd = open(file, O_WRONLY | O_BINARY | O_CREAT | O_APPEND, 0666);
+	stream = fopen(file, "a");
+	for (p = (unsigned char *) data; *p; p++) {
+	    putc(trans_table[*p], stream);
+	}
+	fclose(stream);
+	/*
 	fd = open(file, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_APPEND, 0666);
 	write(fd, data, strlen(data));
 	close(fd);
+	*/
 }
 
 void Sys_EditFile(char *filename) {
diff --git a/qw_common/console.c b/qw_common/console.c
index 75c463c..0ef62b1 100644
--- a/qw_common/console.c
+++ b/qw_common/console.c
@@ -350,7 +350,6 @@ Handles cursor positioning, line wrapping, etc
 ================
 */
 #define	MAXPRINTMSG	4096
-// FIXME: make a buffer size safe vsprintf?
 void Con_Printf (char *fmt, ...)
 {
 	va_list		argptr;