AMENDMENT TO RESTATED AND AMENDED PURCHASE AGREEMENT


        This Amendment to Restated and Amended Purchase Agreement  ("Amendment")
is made by and between MICROAGE  COMPUTER  CENTERS,  INC.,  MICROAGE  SOLUTIONS,
INC.,  MCSA,  INC.,  MCSZ, INC., MCSJ, INC., MCSP, INC., MCSQ, INC., MCST, INC.,
MCSR,  INC.,  MCSS,  INC.,   MICROAGE   LOGISTICS   SERVICES,   INC.,   COMPLETE
DISTRIBUTION,  INC.,  MICROAGE  INFOSYSTEMS  SERVICES,  INC.,  ADVANCED  SYSTEMS
CONSULTANTS,  INC.,  PCCLEARANCE,  INC.,  IMAGE  CHOICE,  INC.  and  MCSY,  INC.
(individually  and  collectively,  "Seller")  and  DEUTSCHE  FINANCIAL  SERVICES
CORPORATION ("Purchaser") as of the 28th day of January, 1998.

        WHEREAS,  Purchaser  and Seller  entered into that certain  Restated and
Amended Purchase Agreement dated as of August 3, 1995, as amended (the "Purchase
Agreement"); and

        WHEREAS,  Purchaser and Seller desire to amend the Purchase Agreement as
provided herein.

        NOW, THEREFORE,  for and in consideration of the premises, and for other
good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, Purchaser and Seller agree as follows (except as otherwise defined
herein,  all  capitalized  terms  will have the same  meanings  set forth in the
Purchase Agreement):

        1. Section  6.2(ii) of the Purchase  Agreement is hereby  deleted in its
        entirety.

        2. Except as expressly  modified or amended herein,  all other terms and
        provisions of the Purchase  Agreement,  including without limitation all
        letter agreements  regarding fees and other amounts payable to Purchaser
        in connection with the Purchase Agreement, to the extent consistent with
        the foregoing,  will remain  unmodified and in full force and effect and
        the Purchase Agreement,  as hereby amended, is ratified and confirmed by
        Purchaser and Seller.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Purchaser and Seller have executed this Amendment as
of the date and year first above written.

SELLER                                MICROAGE COMPUTER CENTERS, INC.

                                      By:  /s/ James R. Daniel
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                                      Title:  Treasurer
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                                      MICROAGE SOLUTIONS, INC.

                                      By:  /s/ James R. Daniel
                                         ----------------------------
                                      Title:  Treasurer
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                                      MCSA, INC.

                                      By:  /s/ James R. Daniel
                                         ----------------------------
                                      Title:  Treasurer
                                            -------------------------

                                      MCSZ, INC.

                                      By:  /s/ James R. Daniel
                                         ----------------------------
                                      Title:  Treasurer
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                                      MCSJ, INC.

                                      By:  /s/ James R. Daniel
                                         ----------------------------
                                      Title:  Treasurer
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                                      MCSP, INC.

                                      By:  /s/ James R. Daniel
                                         ----------------------------
                                      Title:  Treasurer
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                                      MCSQ, INC.

                                      By:  /s/ James R. Daniel
                                         ----------------------------
                                      Title:  Treasurer
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                                      MCST, INC.

                                      By:  /s/ James R. Daniel
                                         ----------------------------
                                      Title:  Treasurer
                                            -------------------------

                                      MCSR, INC.

                                      By:  /s/ James R. Daniel
                                         ----------------------------
                                      Title:  Treasurer
                                            -------------------------

                                      MCSS, INC.

                                      By:  /s/ James R. Daniel
                                         ----------------------------
                                      Title:  Treasurer
                                            -------------------------

                                      MICROAGE LOGISTICS SERVICES, INC.

                                      By:  /s/ James R. Daniel
                                         ----------------------------
                                      Title:  Treasurer
                                            -------------------------

                                      COMPLETE DISTRIBUTION, INC.

                                      By:  /s/ James R. Daniel
                                         ----------------------------
                                      Title:  Treasurer
                                            -------------------------

                                      MICROAGE INFOSYSTEMS SERVICES, INC.

                                      By:  /s/ James R. Daniel
                                         ----------------------------
                                      Title:  Treasurer
                                            -------------------------

                                      ADVANCED SYSTEMS CONSULTANTS, INC.

                                      By:  /s/ James R. Daniel
                                         ----------------------------
                                      Title:  Treasurer
                                            -------------------------

                                      PCCLEARANCE, INC.

                                      By:  /s/ James R. Daniel
                                         ----------------------------
                                      Title:  Treasurer
                                            -------------------------

                                      IMAGE CHOICE, INC.

                                      By:  /s/ James R. Daniel
                                         ----------------------------
                                      Title:  Treasurer
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                                      MCSY, INC.

                                      By:  /s/ James R. Daniel
                                         ----------------------------
                                      Title:  Treasurer
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PURCHASER                             DEUTSCHE FINANCIAL SERVICES CORPORATION

                                      By:  /s/ Stephen H. Patyk
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                                      Title:  Area General Manager
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