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 Thursday February 26th 2026:
| Z1DAILY.Z57 | 02-26-2026 | 43k | Fidonet Daily Nodelist (Z1/ZIP) for day 057 |
| 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 | 02-26-2026 | 10k | Fidonet Daily Zone 1 BinkD-specific list |
| Z1BONE.NA | 02-20-2026 | 15k | Fidonet Zone 1 Backbone on Darkrealms |
| Z1USENET.ZIP | 02-26-2026 | 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 | 1,112 | 1,432 | 4,754 | 30,797 | 71,452 |
| Mail sessions | 805 | 909 | 2,962 | 20,530 | 47,020 |
| BBS calls | 12 | 16 | 51 | 314 | 736 |
| GATEWAY calls | 2 | 2 | 10 | 96 | 189 |
| Aborted calls | 293 | 505 | 1,731 | 9,857 | 23,507 |
| Connections/Out | 3,699 | 5,590 | 16,030 | 97,520 | 240,586 |
| Connections made | 3,699 | 5,590 | 16,030 | 97,520 | 240,586 |
| Failed connects | 17 | 21 | 147 | 1,604 | 9,774 |
| Data sent (kb) | 58,130 | 66,505 | 278,573 | 10,850,493 | 16,989,059 |
| Data received (kb) | 3,993 | 2,234 | 9,773 | 103,469 | 252,899 |
| NETmail unpacked | 10 | 17 | 39 | 95 | 183 |
| ECHOmail messages | 364 | 2,827 | 38,518 | 2,058,517 | 2,516,644 |
| Duplicate messages | 1,029 | 2,549 | 81,539 | 5,724,180 | 11,356,516 |
| ECHOmail forwarded | 8,095 | 13,698 | 64,103 | 3,534,293 | 5,422,205 |
| 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