Darkrealms is one of the last remaining bulletin boards running the MS-DOS Renegade software, online since 1994.
It is the Fidonet Zone 1 Hub with massive archives of Echomail and hard-to-find vintage computer files.
Connect here or Telnet to bbs.darkrealms.ca with a client such as SyncTerm... or by dialup modem: +1-647-847-2083
Amusing files & stats for Sunday February 15th 2026:
| Z1DAILY.Z46 | 02-15-2026 | 43k | Fidonet Daily Nodelist (Z1/ZIP) for day 046 |
| NODELIST.Z44 | 02-13-2026 | 43k | Fidonet Nodelist (Z1/Fri/ZIP) for day 044 |
| NODEDIFF.Z44 | 02-13-2026 | 1k | Fidonet Nodediff (Z1/Fri/ZIP) for day 044 |
| Z1DBINKD.ZIP | 02-15-2026 | 10k | Fidonet Daily Zone 1 BinkD-specific list |
| Z1BONE.NA | 02-13-2026 | 15k | Fidonet Zone 1 Backbone on Darkrealms |
| Z1USENET.ZIP | 02-15-2026 | 541k | Usenet traffic on Darkrealms |
| DB4S.ZIP | 12-20-2025 | 2687k | D'Bridge Standard Edition |
| DB4G.ZIP | 12-20-2025 | 2687k | D'Bridge GoldBase Edition |
| ALLFILES.ZIP | 02-13-2026 | 8452k | List of files on Darkrealms |
| 1:1/0 | Today | Yesterday | This week | This month | This year |
| Connections/In | 1,271 | 1,352 | 8,072 | 17,347 | 58,002 |
| Mail sessions | 751 | 989 | 5,708 | 12,155 | 38,645 |
| BBS calls | 17 | 12 | 82 | 169 | 591 |
| GATEWAY calls | 3 | 3 | 16 | 40 | 133 |
| Aborted calls | 500 | 348 | 2,266 | 4,983 | 18,633 |
| Connections/Out | 3,300 | 3,410 | 21,856 | 52,767 | 195,833 |
| Connections made | 3,300 | 3,410 | 21,856 | 52,767 | 195,833 |
| Failed connects | 495 | 118 | 907 | 1,239 | 9,409 |
| Data sent (kb) | 148,468 | 319,031 | 8,599,577 | 9,329,142 | 15,467,708 |
| Data received (kb) | 2,735 | 21,578 | 39,227 | 69,987 | 219,417 |
| NETmail unpacked | 1 | 1 | 14 | 32 | 120 |
| ECHOmail messages | 3,072 | 9,798 | 1,564,115 | 1,583,859 | 2,041,986 |
| Duplicate messages | 70,950 | 622,627 | 2,722,946 | 4,459,936 | 10,092,272 |
| ECHOmail forwarded | 42,346 | 25,386 | 3,022,940 | 3,120,848 | 5,008,760 |
| Region | Area |
| 10 | South west (CA, NV) |
| 11 | Mid west (AZ, NM, UT, WY, CO, IL, IA, KS, MO, NE, OH, IN, KY) |
| 12 | Eastern Canada (MB, NU, ON, QC, NB, NS, PE, NL) |
| 13 | Northeast (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA, VA, WV) |
| 16 | Northeast (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT) |
| 17 | North west / Western Canada (AB, AK, BC, ID, MT, OR, NWT, SK, WA, YT) |
| 18 | South east (AL, FL, GA, MS, NC, SC, TN, PR, DO) |
| 19 | South (TX, AR, OK, LA) |
Region 14 and 15 were merged into 11.
To be Nodelisted in Zone 1 you agree to Policy 4 and you are required to demonstrate a system that can exchange Netmail.
Grab the latest Nodelist or Dailylist, setup your software correctly, then send a Netmail to your Region or Network Co-ordinator.
(c) 1994, bbs@darkrealms.ca