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- In the year 2105 it's tough for an honest taxi-cab driver to make a buck.
- Luckily, you're not one of the honest kind. Today's highways are fully
- mechanized and automated. A giant computer controls all the streets, moving
- whole sections of roadway to accommodate existing traffic conditions. The
- CABMASTER system (Computer Assisted Bypass Mechanism for Automated Street
- Traffic Elimination or Reduction) will normally insure that every trip you
- make is by the shortest possible route. Since you get paid by the mile, this
- is not to your advantage. So you have just spent your last penny on outfitting
- your cab with a HACKMASTER (Human Assisted Console Keying of Mechanism for
- Automated Street Traffic Elimination or Reduction) which allows you to take
- control of the mechanized highways and set a path which will best enable you
- to expand your bank account.
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- You must be careful, though. After a certain amount of time the CABMASTER
- system will dump you onto the highway regardless of whether or not your path is
- complete. You could crash and damage your cab. Too much damage to your cab could
- cause it to fall apart completely, beyond the ability of even the best robot mechanic
- to repair. But, hey, nobody ever said being a cabby was a safe job.