Abstract: A hydraulic power system comprises a hydraulic pump coupled to a brushless motor. The brushless motor may comprise stators having a plurality of windings and at least one outrunning rotor having a plurality of magnetic poles and optionally coupled to a drive shaft via flexible couplings which may be coaxial with the drive shaft and rotor.

Abstract: Communication switching apparatus for providing communication between a multiplicity of digital information processors, the apparatus including a plurality of ports each communicating with at least one of the multiplicity of digital information processors, and a port interconnector operative to provide communication between more than one pair of ports from among the plurality of ports, characterized in that, when an overflow of information is caused at the port interconnector or at one of the plurality of ports, an overflow indication is provided to the digital information processors which communicate with the port interconnector or with the overflowed one of the plurality of ports.