Adapters For TI 99/4A Computer Provided by Texas Instruments
CPSC recall 83071. Recall date: . Last publish date of the CPSC notice: .
CPSC recall 83071 has the recall date 1 Mar 1983. The notice names a person as the firm, and this site does not show the name. The CPSC record gives no number of units. CPSC gives the product type Computer Equipment.
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| Description | Adapters For TI 99/4A Computer Provided by Texas Instruments NEWS from CPSC U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Office of Information and Public Affairs Washington, DC 20207 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 1983 Release # 83-071 Texas Instruments Providing Adapter For TI 99/4A Computer Washington, D.C. -- In cooperation with U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Texas Instruments Incorporated said today that it is conducting a voluntary program of providing transformer adapters free of charge to correct a potential defect recently discovered in one model of the transformers supplied with the Texas Instruments 99/4A home computer. Over four hundred thousand transformer units are involved. The transformer is the small black box which plugs in between the computer and the electrical outlet. Consumers are instructed to plug in their adapter between the transformer and the wall outlet. The company reported it had found by laboratory testing that there is a remote possibility that a failure of the transformer could result in certain metal parts of the computer console becoming electrified thus presenting a possible shock hazard. Neither the Consumer Product Safety Commission nor… |
| Product | Computer Equipment |
| Product | Texas Instruments transformer adapters, Adapter/Power Supply/Charger/Battery |
| Firm | The CPSC notice gives the name of a person as the firm. This site does not show the names of persons. |
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The recall in context
- Units in this recall
- not givenMedian of 1983: not given
- CPSC recalls of 1983
- 23
- Recalls of 1983 with one of the same hazards
- 17%
- Recalls of 1983 in the category Computer Equipment
- 4%
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Recall Register. CPSC recall 83071. https://recallregister.com/product/4350-adapters-for-ti-99-4a-computer-provided-by-texas-instruments/. Source: CPSC Recall Retrieval Web Services. Data through .
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- Data retrieved
- 30 Sep 2026
- Newest CPSC recall on the register
- 24 Sep 2026
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Questions
- Does CPSC recall 83071 report injuries?
- The CPSC record of recall 83071 has no incident or injury text.