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 Mark C. McBride, 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  10-K of Evans &  Sutherland  Computer  Corporation  for the year  ended
December 31, 1998, 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 attorneys-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  attorneys-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 24th day of February, 1999.

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             Signature                                   Title                             Date
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/S/  Stewart Carrell
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Stewart Carrell                         Chairman of the Board of Directors            February 24, 1999

/S/  James R. Oyler
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James R. Oyler                          President and Chief Executive Officer         February 24, 1999
                                        (Principal Executive Officer) and
                                        Director

/S/  John T. Lemley
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John T. Lemley                          Vice President and Chief Financial            February 24, 1999
                                        Officer (Principal Financial Officer)

/S/  Mark C. McBride
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Mark C. McBride                         Vice President, Corporate Controller          February 24, 1999
                                        and Secretary (Principal Accounting
                                        Officer)

/S/  Gerald S. Casilli
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Gerald S. Casilli                       Director                                      February 24, 1999

/S/  Peter O. Crisp
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Peter O. Crisp                          Director                                      February 24, 1999

/S/  Ivan E. Sutherland
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Ivan E. Sutherland                      Director                                      February 24, 1999

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