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I wouldn't imagine one as my daily driver, let me put it that way.
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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Reminds me of something I saw a few years back. 6 or 8 wheels, spidery, articulated. Wheels were the same "diagonal roller" setup.
Drove over some pretty impossible looking terrain.
Wouldn't have been a comfortable ride, though!
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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Soooo... they reinvented the wheel? 
Jeremy Falcon
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Looks like it! 
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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A must have!
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Very cool...
I would be very wary if I spot someone on one of these on the roads, though/ I can't help thinking this makes it easier for juveniles to act out on the road...  We already have enough of those making lives difficult for other road users.
Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have. -Anon
And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music. -Frederick Nietzsche
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That seems to have a high coefficient of friction. About 18 minutes in he is riding it on a parking lot and I can see marks from each movement. Which means it is really digging in and thus probably using a lot of energy.
So even just for fun it probably isn't going to be fun for that long.
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Quote: Zilog has announced it is halting production of its standalone DIP-packaged Z80 CPU models — a move that could spell trouble for vintage computing enthusiasts looking to build Z80-based systems or repair existing machines with new parts.
Zilog launched the original eight-bit Z80 CPU in 1976 as its first product, designed by former Intel engineer and company co-founder Federico Faggin and early employee Masatoshi Shima. Designed to offer improvements over Intel's 8080 and built with embedded computing in mind, the Z80 quickly rose to become one of the most popular CPU choices for microcomputers — going head-to-head with MOS Technology's rival 6502, launched a year earlier, and appearing in devices including the Sinclair ZX Spectrum, Tandy TRS-80, and Namco's Pac-Man arcade cabinets.
Zilog Calls Time on the Venerable Z80, Discontinues the Standalone Z84C00 CPU Family - Hackster.io
Everything goes out of business so fast in this business, they said ...
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The end of an era.
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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Good thing I just stocked up on a supply of Z80 chips.
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Talk about NRND. 
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Definitely not, but great for retro.
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Welp, that's what FPGA's are for, should I get nostalgic for programming in Z80 assembly...
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First learned assembler on a TRS-80 Model II. Had a lot of fun doing that.
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Hmmm, with it being in so many things I can see a licenced pin compatible or FPGA implentation that is pin compatible being not very far away, Zilog said Z80 standalone so I'm guessing it (the Z80) is used in other things. I wonder how long it will be before a 'hack' mode is released to get Z80 functionality and pin layout from one of the later chips and if want a Z80 just buy XYZ81 and set pin 4 high, XXY81 will probably cost more than thhe Z80. Please tell me I'm thinking of them wrong 
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z8s and z8ks are still flying in the world. I hope the DoD did an end of life buy...
Charlie Gilley
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
Has never been more appropriate.
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now I start to play with QCAD software and start by reading its user guide.
so I am wondering if you have any genius way to master this software quickly?
diligent hands rule....
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Other people's code is how I learn the quickest, TBH. I'll skim a manual and then look for examples of things I'm likely to want to do until I get my "sea legs"
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diligent hands rule....
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I know it wasn't directly about mastering a software package, but my point was I learn by doing.
See if you can find a youtube video, play it back at double speed, and then just mess with the program.
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DITTO
PS
the rest of this "discussion" is entertaining
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same as 
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Southmountain wrote: so I am wondering if you have any genius way to master this software quickly?
No, CAD software has a steep learning curve. Some are a tad easier than others but none of them are easy.
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I agree. Almost all CAD software takes a fair amount of time to learn and be useful, especially 3D. Fun, but not so much sometimes.
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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