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I regularly saw ARJ archives on PC BBSes in the mid 90s, next to LHZ which was most popular. At the same time the Amiga world was (and I think still is) dominat

I regularly saw ARJ archives on PC BBSes in the mid 90s, next to LHZ which was most popular. At the same time the Amiga world was (and I think still is) dominated by LZX, which supplanted LHA.

flatiron 5y ago
Member ace? I think the entire 90s “scene” switched to it for a entire hot minute then back to split rars
- ulimn 5y ago
  Oh, I loved WinAce back in the days!
- js4ever 5y ago
  This brings back a lot of memories! Do you remember the multi steps decompression phases? The par2 files for repairing
  - geonic 5y ago
    I think this is still used in binary use groups. At least it was a few years ago.
  - unixhero 5y ago
    Par2 is still on use ;)
- daneel_w 5y ago
  I do! I am also old enough to remember a few other side characters like ZOO and ARC.
  - abcd_f 5y ago
    There was also ICE.
  - Koshkin 5y ago
    And the less known but overall better AIN. http://www.compression.ru/arctest/self/ain.htm http://www.compression.ru/arctest/self/ain.htm
- JMS2021 5y ago
  Or DMS with XCopy
bluedino 5y ago
And over in Mac-land you had Stuffit
- daneel_w 5y ago
  Which is surprisingly powerful as it does various data analysis and compression testing of files in order to pick the best method, and often coming up with fantastic results. Though I'd be surprised if it has a mentionable user base these days.
Annatar 5y ago
And LZX ended up as Microsoft CAB format, since Jonathan Forbes went on to work at Microsoft.
vardump 5y ago
Talking about Amiga, don't forget PowerPacker! That's what I used on Amiga, in addition to LHA. http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/wiki/PowerPacker http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/wiki/PowerPacker http://janeway.exotica.org.uk/release.php?id=66230 http://janeway.exotica.org.uk/release.php?id=66230