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The main market driver for that scopes being was IBM.
The main market driver for the 453 scope was IBM.


The wanted a portable scope for Computer Field Engineers to use for working on mainframe computers. I guess they did not buy the fact that the Tek 545 was portable, it did have handles!
They wanted a portable scope for Computer Field Engineers to use for working on mainframe computers.  


In addition, they had a requirement that the scope would fit under an airline seat, another reason for its size and the front cover.
In addition, they had a requirement that the scope had to fit under an airline seat, another reason for its size and the front cover.  


The 453 also marks the first time that any oscilloscope (or maybe any other piece of test equipment) had a lockable tilt bail dual duty handle.  
You can even find 453's (and 465's/475's) with IBM screened on the front panel by Tek.
 
The 453 also marks the first time that any oscilloscope, (or perhaps any other piece of test equipment), had a lockable dual duty tilt bail carrying handle.  


Tek held a patent on that feature as well as some of the other ergonomics that made up the 400 series.
Tek held a patent on that feature as well as some of the other ergonomics that made up the 400 series.
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