| connection is not something I can afford, at least not now. Would | it be possible | to tar all of the new/different packages in a realease point so | that I could download one file and untar them in some directory | for use with apt-get off-line?
I don't think that this is realisticly feasible. Your best bet would be to buy another set of CD's (they can be had rather cheap if you look around), and use them to upgrade with apt. HTH, Brooks