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 Wednesday February 25th 2026:
| Z1DAILY.Z56 | 02-25-2026 | 43k | Fidonet Daily Nodelist (Z1/ZIP) for day 056 |
| 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 | 02-25-2026 | 10k | Fidonet Daily Zone 1 BinkD-specific list |
| Z1BONE.NA | 02-20-2026 | 15k | Fidonet Zone 1 Backbone on Darkrealms |
| Z1USENET.ZIP | 02-25-2026 | 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 | 1,432 | 966 | 3,642 | 29,685 | 70,340 |
| Mail sessions | 909 | 660 | 2,157 | 19,725 | 46,215 |
| BBS calls | 16 | 14 | 39 | 302 | 724 |
| GATEWAY calls | 2 | 3 | 8 | 94 | 187 |
| Aborted calls | 505 | 289 | 1,438 | 9,564 | 23,214 |
| Connections/Out | 5,590 | 3,002 | 12,331 | 93,821 | 236,887 |
| Connections made | 5,590 | 3,002 | 12,331 | 93,821 | 236,887 |
| Failed connects | 21 | 45 | 130 | 1,587 | 9,757 |
| Data sent (kb) | 66,505 | 39,304 | 220,443 | 10,792,363 | 16,930,929 |
| Data received (kb) | 2,234 | 1,603 | 5,780 | 99,476 | 248,906 |
| NETmail unpacked | 17 | 5 | 29 | 85 | 173 |
| ECHOmail messages | 2,827 | 13,870 | 38,154 | 2,058,153 | 2,516,280 |
| Duplicate messages | 2,549 | 16,950 | 80,510 | 5,723,151 | 11,355,487 |
| ECHOmail forwarded | 13,698 | 14,665 | 56,008 | 3,526,198 | 5,414,110 |
| 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