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 Tuesday February 10th 2026:
| Z1DAILY.Z41 | 02-10-2026 | 43k | Fidonet Daily Nodelist (Z1/ZIP) for day 041 |
| 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 | 02-10-2026 | 10k | Fidonet Daily Zone 1 BinkD-specific list |
| Z1BONE.NA | 02-06-2026 | 15k | Fidonet Zone 1 Backbone on Darkrealms |
| Z1USENET.ZIP | 02-10-2026 | 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 | 1,112 | 1,165 | 2,277 | 11,552 | 52,207 |
| Mail sessions | 777 | 765 | 1,542 | 7,989 | 34,479 |
| BBS calls | 10 | 14 | 24 | 111 | 533 |
| GATEWAY calls | 3 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 122 |
| Aborted calls | 322 | 384 | 706 | 3,423 | 17,073 |
| Connections/Out | 3,630 | 4,193 | 7,823 | 38,734 | 181,800 |
| Connections made | 3,630 | 4,193 | 7,823 | 38,734 | 181,800 |
| Failed connects | 38 | 40 | 78 | 410 | 8,580 |
| Data sent (kb) | 313,151 | 72,501 | 1,385,652 | 2,115,217 | 8,253,783 |
| Data received (kb) | 2,479 | 1,922 | 4,401 | 35,161 | 184,591 |
| NETmail unpacked | 1 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 110 |
| ECHOmail messages | 319,064 | 2,604 | 321,668 | 341,412 | 799,539 |
| Duplicate messages | 352,094 | 125,704 | 477,798 | 2,214,788 | 7,847,124 |
| ECHOmail forwarded | 517,877 | 12,781 | 530,658 | 628,566 | 2,516,478 |
| 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