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 20th 2026:
| Z1DAILY.Z51 | 02-20-2026 | 43k | Fidonet Daily Nodelist (Z1/ZIP) for day 051 |
| NODELIST.Z51 | 02-20-2026 | 43k | Fidonet Nodelist (Z1/Fri/ZIP) for day 051 |
| NODEDIFF.Z51 | 02-20-2026 | 1k | Fidonet Nodediff (Z1/Fri/ZIP) for day 051 |
| Z1DBINKD.ZIP | 02-20-2026 | 10k | Fidonet Daily Zone 1 BinkD-specific list |
| Z1BONE.NA | 02-20-2026 | 15k | Fidonet Zone 1 Backbone on Darkrealms |
| Z1USENET.ZIP | 02-20-2026 | 539k | 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 | 02-20-2026 | 8452k | List of files on Darkrealms |
| 1:1/0 | Today | Yesterday | This week | This month | This year |
| Connections/In | 1,517 | 1,159 | 6,061 | 23,408 | 64,063 |
| Mail sessions | 841 | 777 | 3,898 | 16,053 | 42,543 |
| BBS calls | 13 | 12 | 67 | 236 | 658 |
| GATEWAY calls | 3 | 7 | 40 | 80 | 173 |
| Aborted calls | 660 | 363 | 2,056 | 7,039 | 20,689 |
| Connections/Out | 5,294 | 3,508 | 20,165 | 72,932 | 215,998 |
| Connections made | 5,294 | 3,508 | 20,165 | 72,932 | 215,998 |
| Failed connects | 38 | 68 | 171 | 1,410 | 9,580 |
| Data sent (kb) | 157,734 | 147,651 | 691,432 | 10,020,574 | 16,159,140 |
| Data received (kb) | 8,447 | 3,943 | 18,184 | 88,171 | 237,601 |
| NETmail unpacked | 9 | 1 | 17 | 49 | 137 |
| ECHOmail messages | 875 | 28,408 | 275,578 | 1,859,437 | 2,317,564 |
| Duplicate messages | 1,202 | 107,089 | 886,192 | 5,346,128 | 10,978,464 |
| ECHOmail forwarded | 12,040 | 29,719 | 175,699 | 3,296,547 | 5,184,459 |
| 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