Most of my projects are mysteriously always finished within a certain combination of days, hours or weeks to form the number 666. I couldn't just resist making the deadline for SOMAC just that!

It was celebrated exactly 666 days (17 Oct 2005 @ 23:30) after I came up with the idea and made a todo list Little did I now that a "minor" idea on the 21 Dec 2003 @ 23:30 would evolve into a two long year project. The number 666 is as you know the number of the beast, and it resembles well with my projects cause they are always a "beast" to finish and in their own way their own unique beast!

These pictures are from the little 666th day of construction celebration performed on the exact minute of inital project start. Also a friend of mine (Svein Engelsgjerd) contributed with what he believes to be the true origin of SOMACit's inventor Stone Oakvalley!

(I only had some crappy cidergive me back my Tyrkisk Pepper booze and Jægermeister!).



The Timeline for Important Events:
For historical reasons I wrote down some dates for some really important events regarding the SOMAC progress.

21 Dec 2003:
- First physical work/startdate for SOMAC.

May 2004:
- Rollcage got finished.

July 2004:
- Cabinet finished.

13 May 2005 @ 01:19:
- PC02 Goes live (Touch Center!)

14 May 2005 @ 02:02:
- PC01 Goes Live (3D Matrix Core Center!)

04 June 2005 @ 03:45:
- ControlBox first rotation!

24 June 2005 @ 22:19:
- ControlBox ALL sets are working!

29 June 2005 @ 23:50:
- Keytrays coupled and working 100%

01 July 2005 @ 00:30:
- Audio connected and working 100%

02 July 2005 @ 23:23:
- TV ON First time!

02 July 2005 @ 23:30:
- Le SOMAC Est Vivant! = SOMAC is alive!

The last 6 Days until deadline:
(Deadline set to Monday 17 October 2005 @ 23:30.

Wed Day 6:
- Setup & prepare and figure out the emulators for Atari 5200, 7800 and Lynx.

Thu Day 5:
- Setup & prepare database + cd-emulating for Playstation games.

Fri Day 4:
- Finalize Playstation SETUP.

Sat Day 3:
- Mechanical/cosmetic work + coding missing routines/bugfixes.

Sun Day 2:
- PC games setup/bugfix + code missing routine for Core Center+cosmetics.

Mon Day 1:
- Continue PC database + finalize Core Center for V1.0
+ DRINK SOME BOOZE!


I just love it when a plan comes together!
Best Regards, Stone Oakvalley - 22 January 2006