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 Thursday February 19th 2026:
| Z1DAILY.Z50 | 02-19-2026 | 43k | Fidonet Daily Nodelist (Z1/ZIP) for day 050 |
| 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 | 02-19-2026 | 10k | Fidonet Daily Zone 1 BinkD-specific list |
| Z1BONE.NA | 02-13-2026 | 15k | Fidonet Zone 1 Backbone on Darkrealms |
| Z1USENET.ZIP | 02-19-2026 | 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 | 1,159 | 1,323 | 4,544 | 21,891 | 62,546 |
| Mail sessions | 777 | 827 | 3,057 | 15,212 | 41,702 |
| BBS calls | 12 | 12 | 54 | 223 | 645 |
| GATEWAY calls | 7 | 20 | 37 | 77 | 170 |
| Aborted calls | 363 | 464 | 1,396 | 6,379 | 20,029 |
| Connections/Out | 3,508 | 4,397 | 14,871 | 67,638 | 210,704 |
| Connections made | 3,508 | 4,397 | 14,871 | 67,638 | 210,704 |
| Failed connects | 68 | 34 | 133 | 1,372 | 9,542 |
| Data sent (kb) | 147,651 | 181,585 | 533,698 | 9,862,840 | 16,001,406 |
| Data received (kb) | 3,943 | 1,956 | 9,737 | 79,724 | 229,154 |
| NETmail unpacked | 1 | 5 | 8 | 40 | 128 |
| ECHOmail messages | 28,408 | 65,261 | 274,703 | 1,858,562 | 2,316,689 |
| Duplicate messages | 107,089 | 502,403 | 884,990 | 5,344,926 | 10,977,262 |
| ECHOmail forwarded | 29,719 | 65,780 | 163,659 | 3,284,507 | 5,172,419 |
| 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