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 Sunday February 8th 2026:
| Z1DAILY.Z39 | 02-08-2026 | 43k | Fidonet Daily Nodelist (Z1/ZIP) for day 039 |
| NODELIST.Z37 | 02-06-2026 | 43k | Fidonet Nodelist (Z1/Fri/ZIP) for day 037 |
| NODEDIFF.Z37 | 02-06-2026 | 1k | Fidonet Nodediff (Z1/Fri/ZIP) for day 037 |
| Z1DBINKD.ZIP | 02-08-2026 | 10k | Fidonet Daily Zone 1 BinkD-specific list |
| Z1BONE.NA | 02-06-2026 | 15k | Fidonet Zone 1 Backbone on Darkrealms |
| Z1USENET.ZIP | 02-08-2026 | 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 | 02-06-2026 | 8452k | List of files on Darkrealms |
| 1:1/0 | Today | Yesterday | This week | This month | This year |
| Connections/In | 1,106 | 1,510 | 9,275 | 9,275 | 49,930 |
| Mail sessions | 816 | 1,119 | 6,447 | 6,447 | 32,937 |
| BBS calls | 13 | 8 | 87 | 87 | 509 |
| GATEWAY calls | 3 | 2 | 24 | 24 | 117 |
| Aborted calls | 274 | 381 | 2,717 | 2,717 | 16,367 |
| Connections/Out | 4,762 | 4,888 | 30,911 | 30,911 | 173,977 |
| Connections made | 4,762 | 4,888 | 30,911 | 30,911 | 173,977 |
| Failed connects | 24 | 97 | 332 | 332 | 8,502 |
| Data sent (kb) | 72,209 | 179,542 | 729,565 | 729,565 | 6,868,131 |
| Data received (kb) | 1,933 | 9,253 | 30,760 | 30,760 | 180,190 |
| NETmail unpacked | 1 | 2 | 18 | 18 | 106 |
| ECHOmail messages | 1,777 | 1,125 | 19,744 | 19,744 | 477,871 |
| Duplicate messages | 125,495 | 87,983 | 1,736,990 | 1,736,990 | 7,369,326 |
| ECHOmail forwarded | 11,972 | 12,433 | 97,908 | 97,908 | 1,985,820 |
| 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