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 Saturday March 7th 2026:
| Z1DAILY.Z66 | 03-07-2026 | 43k | Fidonet Daily Nodelist (Z1/ZIP) for day 066 |
| NODELIST.Z65 | 03-06-2026 | 43k | Fidonet Nodelist (Z1/Fri/ZIP) for day 065 |
| NODEDIFF.Z65 | 03-06-2026 | 2k | Fidonet Nodediff (Z1/Fri/ZIP) for day 065 |
| Z1DBINKD.ZIP | 03-07-2026 | 10k | Fidonet Daily Zone 1 BinkD-specific list |
| Z1BONE.NA | 03-06-2026 | 16k | Fidonet Zone 1 Backbone on Darkrealms |
| Z1USENET.ZIP | 03-07-2026 | 535k | 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 | 03-06-2026 | 8453k | List of files on Darkrealms |
| 1:1/0 | Today | Yesterday | This week | This month | This year |
| Connections/In | 1,556 | 1,063 | 8,279 | 8,279 | 82,898 |
| Mail sessions | 1,015 | 728 | 5,874 | 5,874 | 55,327 |
| BBS calls | 11 | 15 | 76 | 76 | 835 |
| GATEWAY calls | 5 | 3 | 19 | 19 | 215 |
| Aborted calls | 525 | 317 | 2,310 | 2,310 | 26,521 |
| Connections/Out | 6,298 | 5,076 | 39,161 | 39,161 | 293,531 |
| Connections made | 6,298 | 5,076 | 39,161 | 39,161 | 293,531 |
| Failed connects | 27 | 7 | 224 | 224 | 10,111 |
| Data sent (kb) | 93,987 | 38,307 | 886,298 | 886,298 | 18,120,127 |
| Data received (kb) | 3,006 | 1,890 | 50,395 | 50,395 | 312,525 |
| NETmail unpacked | 3 | 1 | 18 | 18 | 211 |
| ECHOmail messages | 2,212 | 2,278 | 15,728 | 15,728 | 2,545,784 |
| Duplicate messages | 2,384 | 2,615 | 18,748 | 18,748 | 11,389,264 |
| ECHOmail forwarded | 13,677 | 10,641 | 82,613 | 82,613 | 5,543,998 |
| 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