My question pertains to the clock tower off shore on Myst island. In the off shore tower there is the gear puzzle. Does anyone know of the gear system this is based off of in real life? thanks

I don't understand your question... are you saying there is life outside Myst? :]

I think that machine was originally designed to electrocute John Galt in "Atlas Shrugged."

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Originally posted by PieTimer:
My question pertains to the clock tower off shore on Myst island. In the off shore tower there is the gear puzzle. Does anyone know of the gear system this is based off of in real life? thanks

I have also been wondering about this for the past few years... Are **any** of the devices in the Myst games based on real-life devices?

I see this as a serious question, and feel it deserves SERIOUS answers - not off-the-cuff, glib comments.

--Artúr

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I see this as a serious question, and feel it deserves SERIOUS answers - not off-the-cuff, glib comments.

Ok, ok, here's one... the devices in Myst are "inventions" on paper, in graphics, whatever. There is no reason to believe that any of them have been adopted from real life. Not to say that a "real life" machine could not be made from a Myst idea, just that the idea didn't come from a real machine. Certainly the laws of physics were (usually) considered when those constructs were designed.

heh good to see some Ayn Rand readers...good stuff. anyways thanks for the feedback...it probably doesn't have a real life couter part i suppose but it's still strikes me as a genuinely cool device