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                                                                      Exhibit 23

                         Consent of Independent Auditors




We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Annual Report (Form 10-K)
of McM Corporation and subsidiaries of our report dated February 28, 1997,
included in the 1996 Annual Report to Shareholders of McM Corporation.

Our audit also included the financial statement schedules of McM Corporation
listed in Item 14(a). These schedules are the responsibility of the Company's
management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion based on our audits. In
our opinion, the financial statement schedules referred to above, when
considered in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole,
present fairly, in all material respects, the information set forth therein.

We also consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration
Statements (Forms S-8 No. 333-05991, 333-05989 and 333-05995) pertaining to the
1996 Non-Employee Directors' Stock Purchase Plan, the 1996 Employee Incentive
Stock Option Plan and the 1996 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, respectively, of
McM Corporation of our report dated February 28, 1997, with respect to the
consolidated financial statements incorporated herein by reference, and our
report included in the preceding paragraph with respect to the financial
statement schedules included in this Annual Report (Form 10-K) of McM
Corporation and subsidiaries.

ERNST & YOUNG LLP
Raleigh, North Carolina
March 25, 1997


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