 The development of the computer and the people who worked on it were the subject of Tracy Kidder's book "The Soul of a New Machine".The MV/8000 was succeeded by the MV/6000, MV/8000-II, MV/2000, MV/2500, MV/4000, MV/10000, MV15000, MV/20000, MV/30000 and MV/40000.Later models such as the MV/40000 were SMP systems with hot-swappable components.