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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.