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The article presents information on computer systems and technology. It reports that Electronic Associates Inc. has announced the availability of a fourth major hybrid computing system. Designated the EAI 690 Hybrid Computing System, the computer is designed for application in the aerospace, biomedical, process control and education fields. The article informs about a phone-dialing service technique, which is being used by IBM customer engineers when installing or servicing data communications terminals. A new communications system, designed for use with IBM 360 data communications networks, is being offered by IBM. Called Binary-Synchronous Communications, the new transmission technique is used in a new data transmission terminal, the 2780, as well as in two other IBM units, the 2701 data adapter and 2703 transmission control unit. A new software package for the GE-400 System, called DAPS, has been announced by General Electric Co. According to the current issue of Moody's Computer Industry Survey, a billion dollar decline in new orders through the second half of 1966 may indicate that a peak has been passed in the burgeoning computer equipment market.