SQZ, SqueezeIt gave exactly the same file size as ARJ a -jm but I just used it to be contrary and had all the BBS archives converted to it :)
It was never popular anywhere else in my memory...

Interesting. I did not know that one.

I had ZIP,RAR, LHA (thanks to Amigans), ARC (Atari), ARJ, ACE was the best one in my case when I was often comparing compression ratios. Also not that popular in the later years. ZIP was conquered by RAR thanks to its easy interface to create 1.44 partial archives to bundle something bigger and distribute via floppies.

-h1

... Xerox Alto was the thing. Anything after we use is just a mere copy.

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