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 Tuesday February 24th 2026:
| Z1DAILY.Z55 | 02-24-2026 | 43k | Fidonet Daily Nodelist (Z1/ZIP) for day 055 |
| 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 | 02-24-2026 | 10k | Fidonet Daily Zone 1 BinkD-specific list |
| Z1BONE.NA | 02-20-2026 | 15k | Fidonet Zone 1 Backbone on Darkrealms |
| Z1USENET.ZIP | 02-24-2026 | 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 | 957 | 1,244 | 2,201 | 28,244 | 68,899 |
| Mail sessions | 651 | 588 | 1,239 | 18,807 | 45,297 |
| BBS calls | 14 | 9 | 23 | 286 | 708 |
| GATEWAY calls | 3 | 3 | 6 | 92 | 185 |
| Aborted calls | 289 | 644 | 933 | 9,059 | 22,709 |
| Connections/Out | 2,974 | 3,739 | 6,713 | 88,203 | 231,269 |
| Connections made | 2,974 | 3,739 | 6,713 | 88,203 | 231,269 |
| Failed connects | 45 | 64 | 109 | 1,566 | 9,736 |
| Data sent (kb) | 39,236 | 114,634 | 153,870 | 10,725,790 | 16,864,356 |
| Data received (kb) | 1,596 | 1,943 | 3,539 | 97,235 | 246,665 |
| NETmail unpacked | 5 | 7 | 12 | 68 | 156 |
| ECHOmail messages | 13,868 | 21,457 | 35,325 | 2,055,324 | 2,513,451 |
| Duplicate messages | 16,948 | 61,011 | 77,959 | 5,720,600 | 11,352,936 |
| ECHOmail forwarded | 14,609 | 27,645 | 42,254 | 3,512,444 | 5,400,356 |
| 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