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 5th 2026:
| Z1DAILY.Z36 | 02-05-2026 | 43k | Fidonet Daily Nodelist (Z1/ZIP) for day 036 |
| 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 | 02-05-2026 | 10k | Fidonet Daily Zone 1 BinkD-specific list |
| Z1BONE.NA | 01-30-2026 | 15k | Fidonet Zone 1 Backbone on Darkrealms |
| Z1USENET.ZIP | 02-05-2026 | 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 | 1,207 | 1,087 | 5,321 | 5,321 | 45,976 |
| Mail sessions | 699 | 741 | 3,646 | 3,646 | 30,136 |
| BBS calls | 12 | 10 | 50 | 50 | 472 |
| GATEWAY calls | 2 | 2 | 16 | 16 | 109 |
| Aborted calls | 494 | 334 | 1,609 | 1,609 | 15,259 |
| Connections/Out | 3,587 | 4,650 | 17,374 | 17,374 | 160,440 |
| Connections made | 3,587 | 4,650 | 17,374 | 17,374 | 160,440 |
| Failed connects | 44 | 17 | 126 | 126 | 8,296 |
| Data sent (kb) | 87,510 | 78,430 | 384,054 | 384,054 | 6,522,620 |
| Data received (kb) | 3,423 | 2,559 | 14,811 | 14,811 | 164,241 |
| NETmail unpacked | 3 | 1 | 14 | 14 | 102 |
| ECHOmail messages | 1,508 | 3,140 | 14,305 | 14,305 | 472,432 |
| Duplicate messages | 375,646 | 38,013 | 878,903 | 878,903 | 6,511,239 |
| ECHOmail forwarded | 10,346 | 13,259 | 60,354 | 60,354 | 1,948,266 |
| 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