Exhibit 24.1


POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE  PRESENTS,  that each officer and/or director
of  Evans &  Sutherland  Computer  Corporation  whose  signature  appears  below
constitutes and appoints James R. Oyler,  John T. Lemley,  and Gary E. Meredith,
or any of them, as his true and lawful  attorneys-in-fact  and agents, with full
power of substitution  and  resubstitution,  for him and in his name,  place and
stead,  in any and all  capacities,  to sign in the name of or on  behalf of the
undersigned, as a director and/or officer of said corporation, the Annual Report
on Form 10K of  Evans &  Sutherland  Computer  Corporation  for the  year  ended
December 31, 1997, and any and all amendments to such Annual Report, and to file
the same with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith,
with   the   Securities   and   Exchange    Commission    granting   unto   said
attorney's-in-fact  and agents and each of them,  full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and thing  requisite  and necessary to be done in
connection therewith,  as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could
do in person,  hereby ratifying and confirming all that said  attorney's-in-fact
and agents,  or any of them,  or their or his  substitute  or  substitutes,  may
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

         IN  WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the  undersigned  have  executed  this  Power of
Attorney this 18th day of February, 1998.


Signature                        Title                                  Date



        /S/             Chairman of the Board of Directors    February 18, 1998
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Stewart Carrell



        /S/             President and Chief Executive         February 18, 1998
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James R. Oyler          Officer (Principal Executive
                        Officer) and Director



        /S/             Vice President and Chief Financial    February 18. 1998
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John T. Lemley          Officer (Principal Financial and
                        Accounting Officer)



        /S/             Senior Vice President and Secretary   February 18, 1998
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Gary E. Meredith




Signature                    Title                                  Date



        /S/                      Director                     February 18, 1998
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Gerald Cassilli



        /S/                      Director                     February 18, 1998
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Henry N. Christiansen



        /S/                       Director                    February 18, 1998
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Peter O. Crisp

        /S/                       Director                    February 18, 1998
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Ivan E. Sutherland



       /S/                        Director                    February 18, 1998
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John E. Warnock