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 6th 2026:
| Z1DAILY.Z37 | 02-06-2026 | 43k | Fidonet Daily Nodelist (Z1/ZIP) for day 037 |
| NODELIST.Z37 | 02-06-2026 | 43k | Fidonet Nodelist (Z1/Fri/ZIP) for day 037 |
| NODEDIFF.Z37 | 02-06-2026 | 1k | Fidonet Nodediff (Z1/Fri/ZIP) for day 037 |
| Z1DBINKD.ZIP | 02-06-2026 | 10k | Fidonet Daily Zone 1 BinkD-specific list |
| Z1BONE.NA | 02-06-2026 | 15k | Fidonet Zone 1 Backbone on Darkrealms |
| Z1USENET.ZIP | 02-06-2026 | 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 | 02-06-2026 | 8452k | List of files on Darkrealms |
| 1:1/0 | Today | Yesterday | This week | This month | This year |
| Connections/In | 1,338 | 1,207 | 6,659 | 6,659 | 47,314 |
| Mail sessions | 866 | 699 | 4,512 | 4,512 | 31,002 |
| BBS calls | 16 | 12 | 66 | 66 | 488 |
| GATEWAY calls | 3 | 2 | 19 | 19 | 112 |
| Aborted calls | 453 | 494 | 2,062 | 2,062 | 15,712 |
| Connections/Out | 3,887 | 3,587 | 21,261 | 21,261 | 164,327 |
| Connections made | 3,887 | 3,587 | 21,261 | 21,261 | 164,327 |
| Failed connects | 85 | 44 | 211 | 211 | 8,381 |
| Data sent (kb) | 93,760 | 87,510 | 477,814 | 477,814 | 6,616,380 |
| Data received (kb) | 4,763 | 3,423 | 19,574 | 19,574 | 169,004 |
| NETmail unpacked | 1 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 103 |
| ECHOmail messages | 2,537 | 1,508 | 16,842 | 16,842 | 474,969 |
| Duplicate messages | 644,608 | 375,646 | 1,523,511 | 1,523,511 | 7,155,847 |
| ECHOmail forwarded | 13,149 | 10,346 | 73,503 | 73,503 | 1,961,415 |
| 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