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 31st day of October, 1997.

        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(iv) of the  Purchase  Agreement  is hereby  amended and
        restated in its entirety to read as follows:

                "(iv) The Consolidated  Group shall at all times maintain,  on a
                consolidated  basis,  a  ratio  of (a)  the  sum of (I)  current
                assets,   plus  (II)  the   Outstanding   Balance  of  all  Sold
                Receivables  to (b) the sum of (III)  current  liabilities  plus
                (IV)  that  portion  of the  Outstanding  Balance  of  all  Sold
                Receivables  which  Seller has  elected to receive if Seller has
                received  any or all of the  amount due prior to  Collection  of
                such  Sold  Receivables  by  Purchaser  pursuant  to  the  third
                sentence  of  Section  2.1.B,  of not less than one (1.0) to one
                (1)."

        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
                                  ----------------------------
                               Title:  Treasurer
                                     -------------------------

                               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
                                     -------------------------

                               MCSJ, INC.

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

                               MCSP, INC.

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

                               MCSQ, INC.

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

                               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
                                     -------------------------
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                               PCCLEARANCE, INC.

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

                               IMAGE CHOICE, INC.

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

                               MCSY, INC.

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


PURCHASER                      DEUTSCHE FINANCIAL SERVICES CORPORATION

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