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 27th 2026:
| Z1DAILY.Z58 | 02-27-2026 | 43k | Fidonet Daily Nodelist (Z1/ZIP) for day 058 |
| NODELIST.Z58 | 02-27-2026 | 43k | Fidonet Nodelist (Z1/Fri/ZIP) for day 058 |
| NODEDIFF.Z58 | 02-27-2026 | 2k | Fidonet Nodediff (Z1/Fri/ZIP) for day 058 |
| Z1DBINKD.ZIP | 02-27-2026 | 10k | Fidonet Daily Zone 1 BinkD-specific list |
| Z1BONE.NA | 02-27-2026 | 16k | Fidonet Zone 1 Backbone on Darkrealms |
| Z1USENET.ZIP | 02-27-2026 | 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 | 02-27-2026 | 8452k | List of files on Darkrealms |
| 1:1/0 | Today | Yesterday | This week | This month | This year |
| Connections/In | 1,358 | 1,112 | 6,112 | 32,155 | 72,810 |
| Mail sessions | 987 | 805 | 3,949 | 21,517 | 48,007 |
| BBS calls | 7 | 12 | 58 | 321 | 743 |
| GATEWAY calls | 1 | 2 | 11 | 97 | 190 |
| Aborted calls | 363 | 293 | 2,094 | 10,220 | 23,870 |
| Connections/Out | 6,232 | 3,699 | 22,262 | 103,752 | 246,818 |
| Connections made | 6,232 | 3,699 | 22,262 | 103,752 | 246,818 |
| Failed connects | 33 | 17 | 180 | 1,637 | 9,807 |
| Data sent (kb) | 65,408 | 58,130 | 343,981 | 10,915,901 | 17,054,467 |
| Data received (kb) | 2,720 | 3,993 | 12,493 | 106,189 | 255,619 |
| NETmail unpacked | 4 | 10 | 43 | 99 | 187 |
| ECHOmail messages | 434 | 364 | 38,952 | 2,058,951 | 2,517,078 |
| Duplicate messages | 1,166 | 1,029 | 82,705 | 5,725,346 | 11,357,682 |
| ECHOmail forwarded | 10,038 | 8,095 | 74,141 | 3,544,331 | 5,432,243 |
| 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