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 February 16th 2026:
| Z1DAILY.Z47 | 02-16-2026 | 43k | Fidonet Daily Nodelist (Z1/ZIP) for day 047 |
| NODELIST.Z44 | 02-13-2026 | 43k | Fidonet Nodelist (Z1/Fri/ZIP) for day 044 |
| NODEDIFF.Z44 | 02-13-2026 | 1k | Fidonet Nodediff (Z1/Fri/ZIP) for day 044 |
| Z1DBINKD.ZIP | 02-16-2026 | 10k | Fidonet Daily Zone 1 BinkD-specific list |
| Z1BONE.NA | 02-13-2026 | 15k | Fidonet Zone 1 Backbone on Darkrealms |
| Z1USENET.ZIP | 02-16-2026 | 541k | 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 | 02-13-2026 | 8452k | List of files on Darkrealms |
| 1:1/0 | Today | Yesterday | This week | This month | This year |
| Connections/In | 1,136 | 1,271 | 1,136 | 18,483 | 59,138 |
| Mail sessions | 750 | 751 | 750 | 12,905 | 39,395 |
| BBS calls | 14 | 17 | 14 | 183 | 605 |
| GATEWAY calls | 4 | 3 | 4 | 44 | 137 |
| Aborted calls | 368 | 500 | 368 | 5,351 | 19,001 |
| Connections/Out | 4,257 | 3,300 | 4,257 | 57,024 | 200,090 |
| Connections made | 4,257 | 3,300 | 4,257 | 57,024 | 200,090 |
| Failed connects | 15 | 495 | 15 | 1,254 | 9,424 |
| Data sent (kb) | 81,503 | 148,468 | 81,503 | 9,410,645 | 15,549,211 |
| Data received (kb) | 1,962 | 2,735 | 1,962 | 71,949 | 221,379 |
| NETmail unpacked | 1 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 121 |
| ECHOmail messages | 4,879 | 3,072 | 4,879 | 1,588,738 | 2,046,865 |
| Duplicate messages | 71,125 | 70,950 | 71,125 | 4,531,061 | 10,163,397 |
| ECHOmail forwarded | 16,674 | 42,346 | 16,674 | 3,137,522 | 5,025,434 |
| 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