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 Friday February 13th 2026:
| Z1DAILY.Z44 | 02-13-2026 | 43k | Fidonet Daily Nodelist (Z1/ZIP) for day 044 |
| 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 | 02-13-2026 | 10k | Fidonet Daily Zone 1 BinkD-specific list |
| Z1BONE.NA | 02-13-2026 | 15k | Fidonet Zone 1 Backbone on Darkrealms |
| Z1USENET.ZIP | 02-13-2026 | 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 | 1,253 | 800 | 5,449 | 14,724 | 55,379 |
| Mail sessions | 1,075 | 681 | 3,968 | 10,415 | 36,905 |
| BBS calls | 10 | 9 | 53 | 140 | 562 |
| GATEWAY calls | 2 | 2 | 10 | 34 | 127 |
| Aborted calls | 166 | 108 | 1,418 | 4,135 | 17,785 |
| Connections/Out | 1,216 | 1,163 | 15,146 | 46,057 | 189,123 |
| Connections made | 1,216 | 1,163 | 15,146 | 46,057 | 189,123 |
| Failed connects | 127 | 55 | 294 | 626 | 8,796 |
| Data sent (kb) | 308,894 | 3166,177 | 8,132,078 | 8,861,643 | 15,000,209 |
| Data received (kb) | 3,682 | 3,155 | 14,914 | 45,674 | 195,104 |
| NETmail unpacked | 4 | 2 | 12 | 30 | 118 |
| ECHOmail messages | 605,719 | 560,597 | 1,551,245 | 1,570,989 | 2,029,116 |
| Duplicate messages | 931,513 | 563,800 | 2,029,369 | 3,766,359 | 9,398,695 |
| ECHOmail forwarded | 175,798 | 1173,687 | 2,955,208 | 3,053,116 | 4,941,028 |
| 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