EXHIBIT 23.1


                           CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

The Board of Directors
Network Computing Devices, Inc.


We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statements on Form
S-8 (Nos. 33-51594 and 39-65638) of Network Computing Devices, Inc. of our
reports dated January 28, 1997, relating to the consolidated balance sheets of
Network Computing Devices, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 1996 and
1995, and the related consolidated statements of operations, shareholders'
equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended
December 31, 1996, and the related schedule, which reports appear in the
December 31, 1996, annual report on Form 10-K of Network Computing Devices, Inc.


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March 28, 1997