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 March 4th 2026:
| Z1DAILY.Z63 | 03-04-2026 | 43k | Fidonet Daily Nodelist (Z1/ZIP) for day 063 |
| NODELIST.Z58 | 02-27-2026 | 43k | Fidonet Nodelist (Z1/Fri/ZIP) for day 058 |
| NODEDIFF.Z58 | 02-27-2026 | 2k | Fidonet Nodediff (Z1/Fri/ZIP) for day 058 |
| Z1DBINKD.ZIP | 03-04-2026 | 10k | Fidonet Daily Zone 1 BinkD-specific list |
| Z1BONE.NA | 02-27-2026 | 16k | Fidonet Zone 1 Backbone on Darkrealms |
| Z1USENET.ZIP | 03-04-2026 | 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 | 02-27-2026 | 8452k | List of files on Darkrealms |
| 1:1/0 | Today | Yesterday | This week | This month | This year |
| Connections/In | 1,310 | 1,248 | 4,407 | 4,407 | 79,026 |
| Mail sessions | 940 | 878 | 3,254 | 3,254 | 52,707 |
| BBS calls | 13 | 15 | 44 | 44 | 803 |
| GATEWAY calls | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 205 |
| Aborted calls | 354 | 351 | 1,100 | 1,100 | 25,311 |
| Connections/Out | 6,437 | 6,128 | 21,583 | 21,583 | 275,953 |
| Connections made | 6,437 | 6,128 | 21,583 | 21,583 | 275,953 |
| Failed connects | 81 | 44 | 155 | 155 | 10,042 |
| Data sent (kb) | 34,861 | 186,399 | 567,145 | 567,145 | 17,800,974 |
| Data received (kb) | 8,766 | 11,912 | 40,600 | 40,600 | 302,730 |
| NETmail unpacked | 4 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 207 |
| ECHOmail messages | 939 | 3,212 | 7,136 | 7,136 | 2,537,192 |
| Duplicate messages | 1,416 | 3,710 | 9,222 | 9,222 | 11,379,738 |
| ECHOmail forwarded | 11,668 | 12,632 | 43,897 | 43,897 | 5,505,282 |
| 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