Editing Atanasoff–Berry computer (section)

==Replica==
The original ABC was eventually dismantled in 1948,<ref>{{cite book|last1=Soltis|first1=Frank G.|title=Fortress Rochester: The Inside Story of the IBM ISeries|date=2001|publisher=System iNetwork|isbn=9781583040836|page=364|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ypJmzqt7JdUC|language=en}}</ref> when the university converted the basement to classrooms, and all of its pieces except for one memory drum were discarded.

In 1997, a team of researchers led by [[Delwyn Bluhm]] and [[John Gustafson (scientist)|John Gustafson]] from [[Ames Laboratory]] (located on the Iowa State University campus) finished building a working replica of the Atanasoff–Berry computer at a cost of $350,000 (equivalent to ${{Inflation|US|350000|1997|r=-3|fmt=c}} in {{Inflation-year|US}}).<ref>{{cite press release|title=ABC Reconstruction, 1994-1997|date=2011|publisher=Iowa State University and John Vincent Atanasoff Initiative Committee|url=http://jva.cs.iastate.edu/team.php|language=en}}</ref> The replica ABC was on display in the first floor lobby of the Durham Center for Computation and Communication at Iowa State University and was subsequently exhibited at the [[Computer History Museum]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Krapfl |first=Mike |date=2010 |title=Iowa State Replica of First Electronic Digital Computer to be Displayed at Computer History Museum |url=http://www.ece.iastate.edu/files/2011/03/ecpe-connections-spring-2010.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://www.ece.iastate.edu/files/2011/03/ecpe-connections-spring-2010.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live |magazine=ECpE Connections |page=5 |location=Ames, Iowa |publisher=Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Iowa State University |access-date=November 26, 2020}}</ref>