THIRD AMENDMENT AND WAIVER

         THIRD  AMENDMENT AND WAIVER (the  "Amendment"),  dated as of January 4,
2000,  among INACOM CORP., a Delaware  corporation (the  "Borrower"),  the Banks
party to the Credit  Agreement  referred to below,  IBM CREDIT  CORPORATION,  as
Documentation  Agent,  BANQUE  NATIONALE  DE  PARIS,  as  Syndication  Agent and
DEUTSCHE BANK AG, NEW YORK BRANCH,  as  Administrative  Agent.  Unless otherwise
defined herein,  capitalized  terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned
to them in the Credit Agreement referred to below.

                                    RECITALS

                  WHEREAS, the Borrower, the Banks, the Documentation Agent, the
Syndication  Agent and  Administrative  Agent are  parties  to a certain  Credit
Agreement,  dated as of April 9,  1999 (as  amended,  modified  or  supplemented
through, but not including, the date hereof, the "Credit Agreement") pursuant to
which the Banks have agreed to extend credit to the Borrower; and

                  WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested that the undersigned Banks
provide certain waivers,  and the parties hereto have agreed to amend the Credit
Agreement,  in each case on the terms and  subject to the  conditions  set forth
herein;

                  NOW, THEREFORE,  for valuable  consideration,  the receipt and
adequacy of which is hereby  acknowledged,  the parties  hereto  hereby agree as
follows:

         1.       Waivers.
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                  The Banks hereby waive compliance with the covenants contained
in Sections 8.09, 8.11 and 8.12 of the Credit  Agreement at all times during the
fiscal  quarter  ended on December  25,  1999,  or for the Test Period  ended on
December 25, 1999, as the case may be.

         2.       Amendments.
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                  (a) Section 2.01(b) of the Credit  Agreement is hereby amended
by deleting the amount "$40,000,000"  contained therein and inserting the amount
"$10,000,000" in lieu thereof.

                  (b) Section 3.03 of the Credit  Agreement is hereby amended by
(i)  redesignating  clause (d) thereof as clause (e), and (ii) inserting therein
the following new clause (d):

                           "(d)  On  each  date  set  forth  below,   the  Total
                  Revolving  Loan   Commitment   shall  be   automatically   and
                  permanently reduced by the amount set forth opposite such date
                  below:

                  Date                                      Amount of Reduction

                  January 1, 2001                                $25,000,000
                  July 1, 2001                                   $25,000,000
                  January 1, 2002                                $25,000,000"


                  (c) Section 7.01(e) of the Credit  Agreement is hereby amended
by deleting the phrase  "Sections 8.09,  through and including  8.13," contained
therein and inserting in lieu thereof the phrase  "Sections  8.09,  8.10,  8.11,
8.12, 8.24, 8.25 and 8.26".

                  (d) Section  7.01 of the Credit  Agreement  is hereby  further
amended  by (i)  redesignating  clause  (m)  thereof  as  clause  (n),  and (ii)
inserting therein the following new clause (m) immediately  following clause (l)
thereof:

                           "(l) Borrowing Base Certificate. Within 15 days after
                  the end of each fiscal month of the Borrower, a certificate of
                  the chief financial officer or other Authorized Officer of the
                  Borrower  setting forth the Borrowing  Base as of the last day
                  of such fiscal month,  which  certificate  shall be in a form,
                  and with an amount of detail,  reasonably  satisfactory to the
                  Administrative Agent."

                  (e) Section 7.12 of the Credit  Agreement is hereby amended by
(i) deleting the phrase "two years"  contained  therein and inserting the phrase
"one  year"  in lieu  thereof,  and  (ii)  deleting  the  amount  "$200,000,000"
contained therein and inserting the amount "$75,000,000" in lieu thereof.

                  (f) Section 8.02(a) of the Credit  Agreement is hereby amended
by (i) deleting the amount "$10,000,000"  contained in subclause (v) thereof and
inserting the amount "$5,000,000" in lieu thereof,  and (ii) deleting the phrase
"Sections  8.09,  8.10,  8.11, 8.12 and 8.13" contained in subclause (v) thereof
and inserting the phrase  "Sections 8.09, 8.10, 8.11, 8.12, 8.24, 8.25 and 8.26"
in lieu thereof.

                  (g) Section  8.02 of the Credit  Agreement  is hereby  further
amended  by (i)  deleting  the word  "and"  contained  at the end of clause  (k)
thereof, (ii) deleting the period appearing at the end of clause (l) thereof and
inserting  "; and" in lieu  thereof,  and (iii)  inserting  therein  immediately
following clause (l) thereof the following new clause (m):

                           "(m)  the  Borrower  may  convey,  sell or  otherwise
                  dispose  of   certain   of  its  assets  to  Compaq   Computer
                  Corporation  and/or one of its Subsidiaries in accordance with
                  the terms of the Compaq Asset  Purchase  Agreement;  provided,
                  however, that (i) the cash proceeds from such conveyance, sale
                  or  disposition  shall be  applied  (x)  first,  to repay  the
                  outstanding  Term  Loans  in full  and (y)  second,  to  repay
                  outstanding  Revolving Loans, and (ii)  concurrently  with the
                  consummation of such  conveyance,  sale, or  disposition,  the
                  Total   Revolving   Loan   Commitment   shall  be  reduced  by
                  $25,000,000  (which  reduction  shall  be in  addition  to any
                  subsequent  reduction of the Total  Revolving Loan  Commitment
                  pursuant to Section  3.03(d),  and which reduction shall apply
                  proportionately  to reduce the  Revolving  Loan  Commitment of
                  each Bank with such a Commitment)."

                  (h) Section 8.03(e) of the Credit  Agreement is hereby amended
by deleting the amount  "$5,000,000"  contained therein and inserting the amount
"$2,500,000" in lieu thereof.

                  (i) Section 8.04(f) of the Credit  Agreement is hereby amended
by deleting the amount "$25,000,000"  contained therein and inserting the amount
"$10,000,000" in lieu thereof.

                  (j) Section 8.05(a) of the Credit  Agreement is hereby amended
by inserting the following phrase immediately following the phrase "Foreign Cash
Equivalents" contained therein:

                  ",  provided  that  during any time when  Revolving  Loans are
                  outstanding,  the aggregate  amount of cash, Cash  Equivalents
                  and Foreign  Cash  Equivalents  held by the  Borrower  and its
                  Subsidiaries  shall not exceed  $30,000,000  for any period of
                  four or more consecutive Business Days".

                  (k) Section 8.05(n) of the Credit  Agreement is hereby amended
by deleting the amount "$25,000,000"  contained therein and inserting the amount
"$10,000,000" in lieu thereof.

                  (l)  Section  8.06(iii)  of the  Credit  Agreement  is  hereby
amended by deleting the reference to "March 27, 1999"  contained  therein and by
inserting in lieu thereof a reference to "December 25, 1999".

                  (m)  Section 8.09 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended to
read in its entirety as follows:

                           "8.09 Net Worth.  The  Borrower  shall not permit Net
                  Worth  at any  time to be less  than the sum of (i) 75% of Net
                  Worth as of December 25, 1999 plus (ii) 75% of net income,  if
                  positive  for the period from and after  December  25, 1999 to
                  the last day of the then most recently  ended fiscal  quarter,
                  plus  (iii)  100%  of  the  aggregate  Net  Issuance  Proceeds
                  received  by the  Borrower  from the  issuance  or sale of its
                  capital stock  (including any preferred  stock) from and after
                  the  Third  Amendment  Effective  Date,  plus (iv) 100% of the
                  principal  amount  of  any  Indebtedness(  including,  without
                  limitation,  any  Subordinated  Debt and the  Trust  Preferred
                  Related  Subordinated  Debt),  which is converted  into equity
                  after the Third Amendment  Effective Date (in each case on and
                  after  the  date  of such  conversion);  such  covenant  to be
                  calculated as of the end of each fiscal quarter."

                  (n) Section  8.11 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended to
read in its entirety as follows:

                          "8.11  Leverage  Ratios.  (a) The  Borrower  shall not
                  permit  the  ratio of (a) the  aggregate  principal  amount of
                  Funded Senior Debt outstanding at any time of the Borrower and
                  its  Subsidiaries  to (b) EBITDA for the Test Period then most
                  recently ended to exceed (i) at any time on and after the last
                  day of the Borrower's  fiscal quarter ending on or about March
                  31,  2001 to but  excluding  the  last  day of the  Borrower's
                  fiscal  quarter  ending on or about June 30, 2001,  1.10:1.00,
                  and (ii) at any time thereafter, 1.00:1.00.

                          (b) The Borrower shall not permit the ratio of (a) the
                  aggregate  principal  amount of Funded Debt outstanding at any
                  time of the  Borrower and its  Subsidiaries  to (b) EBITDA for
                  the Test Period then most recently  ended to exceed (i) at any
                  time  on and  after  the  last  day of the  Borrower's  fiscal
                  quarter ending on or about March 31, 2001 to but excluding the
                  last day of the  Borrower's  fiscal quarter ending on or about
                  June 30,  2001,  4.20:1.00,  and (ii) at any time  thereafter,
                  3.95:1.00."

                  (o) Section  8.12 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended to
read in its entirety as follows:

                           "8.12 EBITDA to Interest  Expense Ratio. The Borrower
                  shall not permit  the ratio of EBITDA for any Test  Period set
                  forth  below to  Interest  Expense  for such Test Period to be
                  less than the ratio set forth opposite such Test Period below:

                  Test Period ending on or about                       Ratio
                  ------------------------------                       -----
                    March 31, 2001                                   5.00:1.00
                    Thereafter                                       5.50:1.00


                  (p)  Section 8.13 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended to
read in its entirety as follows:

                           "8.13  Intentionally Omitted."
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                  (q) Section 8.20(d) of the Credit  Agreement is hereby amended
by deleting  the  reference to  "$15,000,000"  contained  therein and  inserting
"$10,000,000" in lieu thereof.

                  (r) Section 8.23(a) of the Credit  Agreement is hereby amended
by deleting the amount "$90,000,000"  contained therein and inserting the amount
"$35,000,000" in lieu thereof.  The amendment  effected  pursuant to this clause
(r) shall be effective for the fiscal year ending on or about  December 31, 2000
and each subsequent fiscal year, and no Capital Expenditure  carryforwards shall
be  permitted  pursuant  to Section  8.23(b) of the Credit  Agreement  until the
fiscal year ending on or about December 31, 2001.

                  (s) Section  8  of  the  Credit  Agreement  is  hereby further
amended by inserting therein the following new Section 8.24:






                           "8.24  Minimum  EBITDA.  The Borrower will not permit
                  EBITDA for the fiscal quarter ending on or about each date set
                  forth below to be less than the amount set forth opposite such
                  fiscal quarter below:

                  Fiscal Quarter Ending on or about                   Amount
                  ---------------------------------                   ------
                     June 30, 2000                                ($12,000,000)
                     September 30, 2000                           ($ 2,000,000)
                     December 31, 2000                             $10,000,000
                     March 31, 2001                                $20,000,000


                  (t)  Section  8  of  the  Credit  Agreement  is hereby further
amended by inserting therein the following new Section 8.25:

                           "8.25  Borrowing  Base.  The Borrower will not permit
                  (a) the  sum of the  Effective  Amount  of all  Loans  and the
                  Effective  Amount of all Letter of Credit  Outstandings at any
                  time  (commencing  with the 15th day following the last day of
                  the fiscal  month  ending on or about  February  29,  2000) to
                  exceed (b) the Borrowing Base in effect at such time."

                  (u)  Section  8  of  the  Credit  Agreement  is hereby further
amended by inserting therein the following new Section 8.26:

                           "8.26  Maximum  Funded Debt.  The  Borrower  will not
                  permit the  aggregate  principal  amount of Funded Debt of the
                  Borrower and its  Subsidiaries  outstanding at any time during
                  any fiscal  quarter  ending on or about a date set forth below
                  to exceed the amount set forth  opposite  such fiscal  quarter
                  below:

                  Fiscal Quarter Ending on or about                   Amount
                  ---------------------------------                   ------
                   March 31, 2000                                  $960,000,000
                   June 30, 2000                                   $725,000,000
                   September 30, 2000                              $575,000,000
                   December 31, 2000                               $475,000,000
                   March 31, 2001                                  $400,000,000


                  (v) The definition of the term "Annual Cash Investment  Limit"
contained in Section 10 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended to read in its
entirety as follows:

                           "Annual Cash  Investment  Limit" shall mean,  for any
                  fiscal year of the Borrower,  (i)  $50,000,000  for the fiscal
                  year ending on December 25, 1999 and (ii) $30,000,000 for each
                  fiscal year thereafter."

                  (w) The  definition of the term "EBITDA"  contained in Section
10 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows:

                           "EBITDA" shall mean, with respect to the Borrower and
                  its  Subsidiaries  for any applicable  period,  Net Income for
                  such period,  plus, to the extent  deducted in determining Net
                  Income for such period,  the aggregate  amount of (i) Interest
                  Expense,  (ii) federal,  state, local and foreign income taxes
                  (but without  reducing Net Income for the effect of any income
                  tax benefits), (iii) depletion,  depreciation and amortization
                  of tangible and intangible assets, (iv) non-recurring non-cash
                  charges  taken  in  such  period  and (v)  non-recurring  cash
                  charges in an  aggregate  amount (for all periods) not greater
                  than $20,000,000.

                  (x) The  definition  of  the  term  "Test Period" contained in
Section  10 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended to read in its entirety as
follows:

                           "Test   Period"   shall  mean  each  period  of  four
                  consecutive  fiscal  quarters of the Borrower (or, if shorter,
                  the period  beginning  on the first day of the fiscal  quarter
                  ending on or about  March 31,  2001 and ending on the last day
                  of  the  then  most  recently  ended  fiscal  quarter  of  the
                  Borrower),  in  each  case  taken  as one  accounting  period;
                  provided that (A) for the purposes of  calculating  compliance
                  with Section 8.11,  (i) for the Test Period ending on or about
                  March 31, 2001,  EBITDA shall be EBITDA as calculated  for the
                  fiscal  quarter of the  Borrower  ending on or about such date
                  multiplied  by 4.00,  (ii) for the Test  Period  ending  on or
                  about June 30, 2001,  EBITDA shall be EBITDA as calculated for
                  the two fiscal  quarter  period of the  Borrower  ending on or
                  about  such  date  multiplied  by 2.00 and  (iii) for the Test
                  Period ending on or about September 30, 2001,  EBITDA shall be
                  EBITDA as calculated  for the three fiscal  quarter  period of
                  the Borrower  ending on or about such date multiplied by 1.33;
                  and  (B) for  the  purposes  of  calculating  compliance  with
                  Section 8.12, (i) for the Test Period ending on or about March
                  31, 2001, each of EBITDA and Interest  Expense shall be EBITDA
                  and Interest  Expense as calculated  for the fiscal quarter of
                  the Borrower  ending on or about such date,  (ii) for the Test
                  Period  ending on or about June 30,  2001,  each of EBITDA and
                  Interest   Expense  shall  be  EBITDA  and  Interest   Expense
                  calculated  for the two fiscal  quarter period of the Borrower
                  ending on or about  such date,  and (iii) for the Test  Period
                  ending on or about  September  30,  2001,  each of EBITDA  and
                  Interest  Expense  shall be EBITDA  and  Interest  Expense  as
                  calculated for the three fiscal quarter period of the Borrower
                  ending on or about such date.

                  (y)  Section  10  of  the  Credit  Agreement is hereby further
amended  by  inserting  therein  the  following new defined terms in appropriate
alphabetical order:

                           "Borrowing  Base" shall mean, as at any date on which
                  the amount thereof is being determined, an amount equal to the
                  sum of (i) 60% of  Eligible  Inventory,  (ii) 85% of  Eligible
                  Receivables plus (iii) 50% of the outstanding principal amount
                  of the Nesbitt Burns Residual  Notes,  each as determined from
                  the  Borrowing  Base  Certificate   most  recently   delivered
                  pursuant to Section 7.01(l)."

                           "Borrowing Base  Certificate"  shall have the meaning
                  specified in Section 7.01(l).

                           "Compaq  Asset  Purchase  Agreement"  shall  mean the
                  Asset  Purchase  Agreement  to be  entered  into by and  among
                  Compaq Computer  Corporation,  one of its Subsidiaries and the
                  Borrower,  substantially  on the same terms and conditions set
                  forth  in  the  12/30/99   draft  thereof   delivered  to  the
                  Administrative Agent.

                           "Eligible  Inventory"  shall  mean the  gross  dollar
                  value  (valued  at the lower of cost or  market  value) of the
                  finished  goods  inventory of the Borrower and the  Subsidiary
                  Guarantors  located in any state of the  United  States or the
                  District of Columbia  and which is readily  marketable  and is
                  then currently  being held for sale in the ordinary  course of
                  business  and  conforms  in  all  material   respects  to  the
                  representations  and  warranties  contained  in  the  Security
                  Agreement,  except (i) any supplies  (not  including  services
                  parts),  goods returned or rejected (except to the extent that
                  such  returned  or rejected  goods  continue to conform in all
                  material   respects   to  the  other   requirements   of  this
                  definition)   by  customers   and  goods  to  be  returned  to
                  suppliers,  (ii) any inventory held on consignment,  (iii) any
                  inventory  which has been shipped to a customer,  even if on a
                  consignment or "sale or return"  basis,  (iv) any inventory to
                  the extent that the  Borrower or a  Subsidiary  Guarantor  has
                  taken a  reserve,  but  only to the  extent  of such  reserve,
                  including any reserves required by the Administrative Agent in
                  its  reasonable  judgment,  (v) any inventory not subject to a
                  valid  and  perfected  first-priority  Lien  in  favor  of the
                  Collateral Agent under the Security  Agreement,  subject to no
                  prior or  equal  Lien,  (vi) any  inventory  not  produced  in
                  compliance with the applicable  requirements of the Fair Labor
                  Standards  Act  and  (vii)  other   inventory   which  is  not
                  acceptable  to the  Administrative  Agent  in  its  reasonable
                  judgment.

                           "Eligible  Receivables"  shall  mean the  total  face
                  amount of all trade and vendor receivables of the Borrower and
                  the  Subsidiary  Guarantors  which  conform  in  all  material
                  respects to the representations and warranties in the Security
                  Agreement  and at all times  continue to be  acceptable to the
                  Administrative  Agent in its reasonable  judgment,  except (i)
                  receivables  relating to sales to account  debtors outside the
                  United States,  Latin America and Canada,  (ii) any receivable
                  that  does  not  comply  in all  material  respects  with  all
                  applicable legal requirements,  including, without limitation,
                  all laws, rules, regulations and orders of any governmental or
                  judicial authority,  (iii) any receivable payable more than 60
                  days after the date of the original invoice therefor, (iv) any
                  receivable that remains unpaid for more than 120 days from the
                  time of the original issuance of the invoice therefor, (v) any
                  unbilled receivable and any receivable in respect of goods not
                  yet shipped,  (vi) any receivable arising outside the ordinary
                  course  of  business  of  the   Borrower  or  any   Subsidiary
                  Guarantor,  (vii) any  receivable  due from an account  debtor
                  that  is the  subject  of a case  or  proceeding  of the  type
                  described in Section 9.05,  (viii) any  receivable due from an
                  account  debtor at any time,  to the extent that the aggregate
                  outstanding amount of receivables due from such account debtor
                  and its  Affiliates  at such time exceeds 25% of the aggregate
                  amount  of  all  receivables  due  to  the  Borrower  and  the
                  Subsidiary  Guarantors at such time, but only to the extent of
                  such excess,  (ix) any  receivable  not subject to a valid and
                  perfected first-priority Lien in favor of the Collateral Agent
                  under the  Security  Agreement,  subject  to no prior or equal
                  Lien,  (x) contracts or sales to any Affiliate of the Borrower
                  or any of its Subsidiaries.

                           "Nesbitt  Burns   Residual   Notes"  shall  mean  the
                  "Company   Notes"   (issued  to  the   Borrower   and  Vanstar
                  Corporation)  under and as defined in the Amended and Restated
                  Nesbitt Burns Receivables Purchase Facility.

                           "Third  Amendment  Effective  Date"  shall  mean  the
                  Amendment  Effective  Date  under and as  defined in the Third
                  Amendment and Waiver to this Agreement, dated as of January 4,
                  2000.

         3.       Representations and Warranties. The Borrower hereby represents
and warrants to the Administrative Agent and the Banks that:

                  (a) After  the  effectiveness of this Amendment, no Default or
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

                  (b) The execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of
this  Amendment has been duly  authorized  by all necessary  corporate and other
action  and do not and  will not  require  any  registration  with,  consent  or
approval  of,  notice to or action by, any Person in order to be  effective  and
enforceable.  The Credit Agreement as amended by this Amendment  constitutes the
legal, valid and binding obligation of the Borrower,  enforceable  against it in
accordance with its respective terms.

                  (c)  All   representations  and  warranties  of  the  Borrower
contained in the Credit  Agreement or in the other Credit Documents are true and
correct as of the date hereof and as of the  Amendment  Effective  Date with the
same effect as though  made on the date hereof or thereof and as though  applied
to the Credit Agreement as herein amended.

                  (d) The Borrower is entering into this  Amendment on the basis
of its own  investigation  and for its own reasons,  without  reliance  upon the
Administrative Agent and the Banks or any other Person.

         4.       Amendment  Effective  Date.   This   Amendment   shall  become
effective  as of the date (the "Amendment Effective Date") when (i) counterparts
(or if elected by the Administrative Agent, an executed facsimile copy)  of this
Amendment  have been executed and delivered to the  Administrative  Agent by the
Borrower  and the  Required  Banks,  and each  Subsidiary  Guarantor  shall have
executed and delivered to the  Administrative  Agent a Guarantor  Acknowledgment
and Consent (the  "Acknowledgment")  in the form attached  hereto,  and (ii) the
asset sale  contemplated  by the Compaq  Asset  Purchase  Agreement  (as defined
above) shall have been  consummated  substantially on the terms set forth in the
12/30/99  draft  of  such  Agreement  delivered  to  the  Administrative  Agent.
Notwithstanding  the  foregoing,  the  waivers  set  forth in  Section 1 of this
Amendment  shall become  effective  when the  condition  precedent  contained in
clause (i) of the preceding sentence shall be satisfied.

         5.        Reservation of Rights.  The  Borrower acknowledges and agrees
that  the  execution  and  delivery by the Administrative Agent and the Banks of
this  Amendment  shall  not  be  deemed  (i)  to  create  a course of dealing or
otherwise  obligate the Administrative Agent or the Banks to forebear or execute
similar  amendments  under  the  same or similar circumstances in the future, or
(ii) to amend, relinquish or impair any right of the Administrative Agent or the
Banks to receive any indemnity or similar payment from any Person or entity as a
result of any matter arising from or relating to this Amendment.

          6.      Miscellaneous.
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                  (a) Except as herein expressly amended,  all terms,  covenants
and  provisions  of the Credit  Agreement are and shall remain in full force and
effect and all  references  therein to such Credit  Agreement  shall  henceforth
refer to the Credit Agreement as amended by this Amendment. This Amendment shall
be deemed incorporated into, and a part of, the Credit Agreement.

                  (b) This  Amendment  shall be  binding  upon and  inure to the
benefit of the parties hereto and their  respective  successors and assigns.  No
third party beneficiaries are intended in connection with this Amendment.

                  (c) This  Amendment  shall  be  governed  by  and construed in
accordance with the law of the State of New York.

                  (d)  This   Amendment   may  be  executed  in  any  number  of
counterparts,  each  of  which  shall  be  deemed  an  original,  but  all  such
counterparts together shall constitute but one and the same instrument.  Each of
the parties  hereto  understands  and agrees that this  document  (and any other
documents  required  herein) may be delivered by any party thereto either in the
form  of an  executed  original  or  an  executed  original  sent  by  facsimile
transmission  to be followed  promptly by mailing of a hard copy  original,  and
that receipt by the  Administrative  Agent of a facsimile  transmitted  document
purportedly bearing the signature of a Bank or the Borrower shall bind such Bank
or the Borrower, respectively, with the same force and effect as the delivery of
a hard copy  original.  Any failure by the  Administrative  Agent to receive the
hard copy  executed  original of such  document  shall not  diminish the binding
effect  of  receipt  of the  facsimile  transmitted  executed  original  of such
document  of  the  party   whose  hard  copy  page  was  not   received  by  the
Administrative Agent.

                  (e) This Amendment, together with the Credit Agreement and the
Credit  Documents,  contains the entire and  exclusive  agreement of the parties
hereto  with  reference  to the  matters  discussed  herein  and  therein.  This
Amendment  supersedes all prior drafts and communications  with respect thereto.
This  Amendment may not be amended  except in accordance  with the provisions of
Section 12.12 of the Credit Agreement.

                  (f) If any term or provision of this Amendment shall be deemed
prohibited  by or invalid under any  applicable  law,  such  provision  shall be
invalidated without affecting the remaining  provisions of this Amendment or the
Credit Agreement, respectively.

                  (g)  The  Borrower  covenants  to  pay  to  or  reimburse  the
Administrative  Agent,  upon  demand,  for all  reasonable  costs  and  expenses
(including  allocated  costs  of  in-house  counsel)  actually  incurred  by the
Administrative   Agent  in  connection   with  the   development,   preparation,
negotiation, execution and delivery of this Amendment.

                  (h) The Borrower hereby agrees to pay each Bank which delivers
an  executed  copy  of  this  Amendment  (by  hard  copy  or  facsimile)  to the
Administrative Agent by no later than 12:00 (Noon) (New York time) on January 4,
2000,  a fee (the  "Amendment  Fee") in an amount  equal to 0.75% of such Bank's
Revolving Loan  Commitment (as such Revolving Loan  Commitment will be in effect
immediately following the consummation of the Compaq Asset Purchase Agreement as
provided  herein),  which  Amendment  Fee shall be due and  payable on the first
Business Day following the date on which the Required  Banks shall have executed
and delivered this Amendment.

                  (i) The  Borrower  (and each  Guarantor  by  execution  of the
Acknowledgment)  confirms  that the Security  Documents  secure the  Obligations
under the Credit Agreement as amended hereby. Each Guarantor by execution of the
Acknowledgment  confirms that the Subsidiary Guaranty applies to all Obligations
under the Credit Agreement as amended hereby.

                                      * * *







                  IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the  parties  hereto have  executed  and
delivered this Amendment as of the date first above written.

                                     INACOM CORP.

                                     By: /s/  Richard C. Oshlo
                                     Title: Vice President and Treasurer


                                     DEUTSCHE BANK AG, NEW YORK
                                     BRANCH, as Administrative Agent

                                     By: /s/ Robert Wood
                                     Title: Director

                                     By: /s/ Ira Lubinsky
                                     Title: Vice President


                                     DEUTSCHE BANK AG, NEW YORK
                                     BRANCH AND/OR CAYMAN ISLAND BRANCH

                                     By: /s/ Robert Wood
                                     Title: Director

                                     By: /s/ Ira Lubinsky
                                     Title: Vice President


                                     IBM CREDIT CORPORATION, Individually and as
                                     Documentation Agent

                                     By: /s/  Ronald J. Bachner
                                     Title: Manager, Commercial Financing
                                            Solutions Americas


                                     BANQUE NATIONALE DE PARIS,
                                     Individually and as Syndication Agent

                                     By: /s/ Jennifer Y. Cho
                                     Title: Vice President

                                     By: /s/ Stuart Darby
                                     Title: Assistant Vice President


                                     COMERICA BANK

                                     By: /s/ Timothy O'Rourke
                                     Title: Vice President


                                     CREDIT LYONNAIS
                                     CHICAGO BRANCH

                                     By: /s/ Joseph A. Philbin
                                     Title: Vice President


                                     THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA

                                     By: /s/ F. C. H. Ashby
                                     Title: Senior Manager Loan Operations


                                     U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

                                     By: Merryll M. Hales
                                     Title: Vice President


                                     FLEET NATIONAL BANK

                                     By: /s/ Michael S. Barclay
                                     Title: Vice President


                                     MERCANTILE BANK, N.A.

                                     By: /s/ Joseph L. Sooter, Jr.
                                     Title: Vice President


                                     ABN AMRO BANK, N.V.

                                     By:
                                     Title:

                                     By:
                                     Title:


                                     TRANSAMERICA COMMERCIAL
                                     FINANCE CORPORATION

                                     By:
                                     Title:


                                     STERLING ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC

                                     By:
                                     Title:


                                     FINOVA CAPITAL CORP.

                                     By: /s/ Patrick Smith
                                     Title: Vice President Credit Manager


                                     FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF OMAHA

                                     By: /s/ Mark Barata
                                     Title: Vice President






                      GUARANTOR ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND CONSENT

         The  undersigned,  each a guarantor or third party pledgor with respect
to the Borrower's  obligations to the  Administrative  Agent and the Banks under
the Credit Agreement,  each hereby (i) acknowledge and consent to the execution,
delivery and  performance by the Borrower of the foregoing  Third  Amendment and
Waiver to Credit Agreement (the  "Amendment"),  and (ii) reaffirm and agree that
the respective  guaranty,  third party pledge or security agreement to which the
undersigned  is party  and all  other  documents  and  agreements  executed  and
delivered  by the  undersigned  to the  Administrative  Agent  and the  Banks in
connection  with the  Credit  Agreement  are in full force and  effect,  without
defense,  offset  or  counterclaim.  (Capitalized  terms  used  herein  have the
meanings specified in the Amendment).

                                   GUARANTORS

                                  INACOM TENNESSEE, INC.
                                  INACOM COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
                                  INACOMP FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.
                                  INACOM INTERNATIONAL, INC.
                                  INACOM SOLUTIONS, INC.
                                  PERIGEE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
                                  GORHAM CLARK, INC.
                                  KURE ASSOCIATES, INC.
                                  NETWORKS, INC.
                                  BOSTON COMPUTER EXCHANGE
                                  CORPORATION
                                  PC TECHNICAL SERVICES, INC.
                                  INACOM PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, INC.
                                  INACOM FINANCE CORP.
                                  OFFICE PRODUCTS OF MINNESOTA, INC.
                                  VANSTAR CORPORATION
                                  INACOM LATIN AMERICA
                                  COMPUTERLAND INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, INC.
                                  COMPUTER PORT WORLD TRADE, INC.
                                  VANSTAR INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
                                  VST WEST, INC.
                                  VST ILLINOIS, INC.
                                  VSTNC, INC.
                                  CIAND TEX, INC.
                                  INACOM GOVERNMENT SYSTEMS, INC.
                                  CONTRACT DATA, INC.
                                  COMPUTER PROFESSIONALS, INC.
                                  VANSTAR PROFESSIONAL TECHNICAL RESOURCES, INC.


Dated as of:  January 4, 2000     By:
                                  Title: