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 Friday March 6th 2026:
| Z1DAILY.Z65 | 03-06-2026 | 43k | Fidonet Daily Nodelist (Z1/ZIP) for day 065 |
| NODELIST.Z65 | 03-06-2026 | 43k | Fidonet Nodelist (Z1/Fri/ZIP) for day 065 |
| NODEDIFF.Z65 | 03-06-2026 | 2k | Fidonet Nodediff (Z1/Fri/ZIP) for day 065 |
| Z1DBINKD.ZIP | 03-06-2026 | 10k | Fidonet Daily Zone 1 BinkD-specific list |
| Z1BONE.NA | 03-06-2026 | 16k | Fidonet Zone 1 Backbone on Darkrealms |
| Z1USENET.ZIP | 03-06-2026 | 535k | 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 | 03-06-2026 | 8453k | List of files on Darkrealms |
| 1:1/0 | Today | Yesterday | This week | This month | This year |
| Connections/In | 1,059 | 1,253 | 6,719 | 6,719 | 81,338 |
| Mail sessions | 724 | 877 | 4,855 | 4,855 | 54,308 |
| BBS calls | 15 | 6 | 65 | 65 | 824 |
| GATEWAY calls | 3 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 210 |
| Aborted calls | 317 | 368 | 1,785 | 1,785 | 25,996 |
| Connections/Out | 5,043 | 6,204 | 32,830 | 32,830 | 287,200 |
| Connections made | 5,043 | 6,204 | 32,830 | 32,830 | 287,200 |
| Failed connects | 7 | 35 | 197 | 197 | 10,084 |
| Data sent (kb) | 38,255 | 186,859 | 792,259 | 792,259 | 18,026,088 |
| Data received (kb) | 1,884 | 4,899 | 47,383 | 47,383 | 309,513 |
| NETmail unpacked | 1 | 15 | 15 | 208 | |
| ECHOmail messages | 2,277 | 4,102 | 13,515 | 13,515 | 2,543,571 |
| Duplicate messages | 2,614 | 4,527 | 16,363 | 16,363 | 11,386,879 |
| ECHOmail forwarded | 10,608 | 14,398 | 68,903 | 68,903 | 5,530,288 |
| 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