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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 March 9, 1998, included
in the 1997 Annual Report to Shareholders of McM Corporation.

Our audits also included the financial statement schedules of McM Corporation
and subsidiaries 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 March 9, 1998, with respect to the consolidated
financial statements and schedules of McM Corporation and subsidiaries
incorporated 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 27, 1998


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