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 Wednesday February 18th 2026:
| Z1DAILY.Z49 | 02-18-2026 | 43k | Fidonet Daily Nodelist (Z1/ZIP) for day 049 |
| 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 | 02-18-2026 | 10k | Fidonet Daily Zone 1 BinkD-specific list |
| Z1BONE.NA | 02-13-2026 | 15k | Fidonet Zone 1 Backbone on Darkrealms |
| Z1USENET.ZIP | 02-18-2026 | 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 | 1,323 | 926 | 3,385 | 20,732 | 61,387 |
| Mail sessions | 827 | 703 | 2,280 | 14,435 | 40,925 |
| BBS calls | 12 | 16 | 42 | 211 | 633 |
| GATEWAY calls | 20 | 6 | 30 | 70 | 163 |
| Aborted calls | 464 | 201 | 1,033 | 6,016 | 19,666 |
| Connections/Out | 4,397 | 2,709 | 11,363 | 64,130 | 207,196 |
| Connections made | 4,397 | 2,709 | 11,363 | 64,130 | 207,196 |
| Failed connects | 34 | 16 | 65 | 1,304 | 9,474 |
| Data sent (kb) | 181,585 | 122,959 | 386,047 | 9,715,189 | 15,853,755 |
| Data received (kb) | 1,956 | 1,876 | 5,794 | 75,781 | 225,211 |
| NETmail unpacked | 5 | 1 | 7 | 39 | 127 |
| ECHOmail messages | 65,261 | 176,155 | 246,295 | 1,830,154 | 2,288,281 |
| Duplicate messages | 502,403 | 204,373 | 777,901 | 5,237,837 | 10,870,173 |
| ECHOmail forwarded | 65,780 | 51,486 | 133,940 | 3,254,788 | 5,142,700 |
| 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