EXHIBIT 23.1

                               CONSENT OF KPMG LLP




                        Independent Accountants' Consent


The Board of Directors and Stockholders
Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation:



We consent to incorporation by reference in Registration Statement No. 333-67189
on Form S-3 of Evans &  Sutherland  Computer  Corporation  of our  report  dated
February  12,  1999,  relating  to the  consolidated  balance  sheets of Evans &
Sutherland  Computer  Corporation  and  subsidiaries as of December 31, 1998 and
1997,  and the related  consolidated  statements  of  operations,  comprehensive
income,  stockholders'  equity,  and cash  flows  for  each of the  years in the
three-year  period ended December 31, 1998, and related  schedule,  which report
appears  in the  December  31,  1998  Annual  Report  on Form  10-K  of  Evans &
Sutherland  Computer  Corporation  and to the  reference  to our firm  under the
heading "Experts" in the prospectus.



                                                       KPMG LLP



Salt Lake City, Utah
May 19, 1999