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- PR Newswire
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- February 22, 1983, Tuesday
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- LENGTH: 360 words
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- DATELINE: DALLAS, Feb. 22
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- DALLAS, Feb. 22 /PRN/ -- Texas Instruments Incorporated announced
- today that it is discussing with the Consumer Products Safety
- Commission a proposed distribution by TI of a transformer adapter
- cord to all known owners of its 99/4A home computers. The adapter
- cord is designed to protect against a potential defect in a model of
- the AC9500 transformer, which is purchased by TI from an outside
- supplier and sold with the computer. Although no incidents have been
- reported among the hundreds of thousands of TI home computer users,
- the company said that it has recently determined that, under certain
- unusual conditions, there is a remote possibility that transformer
- failure could give rise to an electrical shock hazard for the
- computer operator or damage to the computer itself. The company
- emphasized that, under normal usage, it is extremely unlikely that
- the conditions necessary for a hazard to develop would arise.
- The transformer is the small black box, which is connected
- between the wall outlet and the computer. It is a completely
- separate unit from the computer.
- TI also said it will implement a "GREEN LABEL SAFETY CHECK"
- program with all retailers, to equip existing inventory with either
- the adapter cord or a replacement transformer. To indicate to the
- consumer that the safety check has been completed, a green label will
- be placed on the box of 99/4A home computers on the retail shelf.
- Shipments of home computers have been temporarily delayed, pending
- availability of adapter cords or replacement transformers. TI said
- that any TI 99/4A owners who did not send in a rebate card or
- warranty card and who may, therefore, be unknown to the company may
- obtain an adapter cord by calling the following toll free numbers:
- 800-858-4565, 800-527-3550, 800-858-4069, or 800-858-1802.
- TI said at this time it is not able to predict the extent of the
- effect of this program on the earnings of TI for 1983, although the
- company expects its first quarter 1983 earnings to be substantially
- below those of the fourth quarter 1982.