User Friendly Taking a Spin on CD-ROM  February 1, 1995 If
you're looking for a new spin on your job, try CD-ROM. Unlike
other computer upgrades, this one's cheap and practical. In
fact, you might not even realize that some PCs have the
capability to install an internal drive for as little as $100.
"If a CD drive costs about $100, it wouldn't take many times
using it to save $100 worth of an HR person's time," says Jim
Hemphill of Kalamazoo, Michigan-based I/NET Information
Networkers. That's good news for human resources professionals
who need to create, store, access and analyze voluminous amounts
of information, but don't want to invest thousands of dollars to
enjoy the benefits.  "Multimedia computing is becoming very
popular and very inexpensive," says Neil Fox, a technology
specialist at Cleveland-based TRW. Multimedia refers to using
more than one medium to convey a message. In the PC context, it
means adding video and sound to the usual text and graphics. The
basic components you need to add multimedi