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 Monday March 9th 2026:
| Z1DAILY.Z68 | 03-09-2026 | 43k | Fidonet Daily Nodelist (Z1/ZIP) for day 068 |
| 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 | 03-09-2026 | 10k | Fidonet Daily Zone 1 BinkD-specific list |
| Z1BONE.NA | 03-06-2026 | 16k | Fidonet Zone 1 Backbone on Darkrealms |
| Z1USENET.ZIP | 03-09-2026 | 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 | 1,598 | 439 | 1,598 | 10,316 | 84,935 |
| Mail sessions | 1,123 | 324 | 1,123 | 7,321 | 56,774 |
| BBS calls | 12 | 2 | 12 | 90 | 849 |
| GATEWAY calls | 1 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 218 |
| Aborted calls | 462 | 111 | 462 | 2,883 | 27,094 |
| Connections/Out | 6,838 | 1,543 | 6,838 | 47,542 | 301,912 |
| Connections made | 6,838 | 1,543 | 6,838 | 47,542 | 301,912 |
| Failed connects | 68 | 13 | 68 | 305 | 10,192 |
| Data sent (kb) | 66,325 | 49,137 | 66,325 | 1,001,760 | 18,235,589 |
| Data received (kb) | 6,334 | 5,851 | 6,334 | 62,580 | 324,710 |
| NETmail unpacked | 3 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 216 |
| ECHOmail messages | 593 | 1,640 | 593 | 17,961 | 2,548,017 |
| Duplicate messages | 1,628 | 1,782 | 1,628 | 22,158 | 11,392,674 |
| ECHOmail forwarded | 11,062 | 6,014 | 11,062 | 99,689 | 5,561,074 |
| 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