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 Saturday February 21st 2026:
| Z1DAILY.Z52 | 02-21-2026 | 43k | Fidonet Daily Nodelist (Z1/ZIP) for day 052 |
| 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 | 02-21-2026 | 10k | Fidonet Daily Zone 1 BinkD-specific list |
| Z1BONE.NA | 02-20-2026 | 15k | Fidonet Zone 1 Backbone on Darkrealms |
| Z1USENET.ZIP | 02-21-2026 | 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 | 1,148 | 1,517 | 7,209 | 24,556 | 65,211 |
| Mail sessions | 710 | 841 | 4,608 | 16,763 | 43,253 |
| BBS calls | 12 | 13 | 79 | 248 | 670 |
| GATEWAY calls | 3 | 3 | 43 | 83 | 176 |
| Aborted calls | 423 | 660 | 2,479 | 7,462 | 21,112 |
| Connections/Out | 4,260 | 5,294 | 24,425 | 77,192 | 220,258 |
| Connections made | 4,260 | 5,294 | 24,425 | 77,192 | 220,258 |
| Failed connects | 25 | 38 | 196 | 1,435 | 9,605 |
| Data sent (kb) | 168,980 | 157,734 | 860,412 | 10,189,554 | 16,328,120 |
| Data received (kb) | 3,223 | 8,447 | 21,407 | 91,394 | 240,824 |
| NETmail unpacked | 4 | 9 | 21 | 53 | 141 |
| ECHOmail messages | 43,303 | 875 | 318,881 | 1,902,740 | 2,360,867 |
| Duplicate messages | 65,315 | 1,202 | 951,507 | 5,411,443 | 11,043,779 |
| ECHOmail forwarded | 46,204 | 12,040 | 221,903 | 3,342,751 | 5,230,663 |
| 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