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 4th 2026:
| Z1DAILY.Z35 | 02-04-2026 | 43k | Fidonet Daily Nodelist (Z1/ZIP) for day 035 |
| NODELIST.Z30 | 01-30-2026 | 43k | Fidonet Nodelist (Z1/Fri/ZIP) for day 030 |
| NODEDIFF.Z30 | 01-30-2026 | 1k | Fidonet Nodediff (Z1/Fri/ZIP) for day 030 |
| Z1DBINKD.ZIP | 02-04-2026 | 10k | Fidonet Daily Zone 1 BinkD-specific list |
| Z1BONE.NA | 01-30-2026 | 15k | Fidonet Zone 1 Backbone on Darkrealms |
| Z1USENET.ZIP | 02-04-2026 | 545k | 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 | 01-30-2026 | 8452k | List of files on Darkrealms |
| 1:1/0 | Today | Yesterday | This week | This month | This year |
| Connections/In | 1,087 | 1,400 | 4,114 | 4,114 | 44,769 |
| Mail sessions | 741 | 955 | 2,947 | 2,947 | 29,437 |
| BBS calls | 10 | 16 | 38 | 38 | 460 |
| GATEWAY calls | 2 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 107 |
| Aborted calls | 334 | 426 | 1,115 | 1,115 | 14,765 |
| Connections/Out | 4,650 | 3,936 | 13,787 | 13,787 | 156,853 |
| Connections made | 4,650 | 3,936 | 13,787 | 13,787 | 156,853 |
| Failed connects | 17 | 21 | 82 | 82 | 8,252 |
| Data sent (kb) | 78,430 | 101,164 | 296,544 | 296,544 | 6,435,110 |
| Data received (kb) | 2,559 | 4,497 | 11,388 | 11,388 | 160,818 |
| NETmail unpacked | 1 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 99 |
| ECHOmail messages | 3,140 | 2,340 | 12,797 | 12,797 | 470,924 |
| Duplicate messages | 38,013 | 71,582 | 503,257 | 503,257 | 6,135,593 |
| ECHOmail forwarded | 13,259 | 12,657 | 50,008 | 50,008 | 1,937,920 |
| 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