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 January 30th 2026:
| Z1DAILY.Z30 | 01-30-2026 | 43k | Fidonet Daily Nodelist (Z1/ZIP) for day 030 |
| NODELIST.Z30 | 01-30-2026 | 43k | Fidonet Nodelist (Z1/Fri/ZIP) for day 030 |
| NODEDIFF.Z30 | 01-30-2026 | 1k | Fidonet Nodediff (Z1/Fri/ZIP) for day 030 |
| Z1DBINKD.ZIP | 01-30-2026 | 10k | Fidonet Daily Zone 1 BinkD-specific list |
| Z1BONE.NA | 01-30-2026 | 15k | Fidonet Zone 1 Backbone on Darkrealms |
| Z1USENET.ZIP | 01-30-2026 | 545k | 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 | 01-30-2026 | 8452k | List of files on Darkrealms |
| 1:1/0 | Today | Yesterday | This week | This month | This year |
| Connections/In | 1,124 | 1,138 | 6,226 | 38,022 | 38,022 |
| Mail sessions | 800 | 838 | 4,479 | 24,593 | 24,593 |
| BBS calls | 15 | 7 | 89 | 403 | 403 |
| GATEWAY calls | 1 | 2 | 10 | 88 | 88 |
| Aborted calls | 308 | 291 | 1,648 | 12,938 | 12,938 |
| Connections/Out | 4,543 | 5,046 | 25,437 | 138,922 | 138,922 |
| Connections made | 4,543 | 5,046 | 25,437 | 138,922 | 138,922 |
| Failed connects | 548 | 38 | 1,400 | 8,040 | 8,040 |
| Data sent (kb) | 81,834 | 91,150 | 452,461 | 5,961,380 | 5,961,380 |
| Data received (kb) | 4,528 | 3,519 | 21,425 | 140,788 | 140,788 |
| NETmail unpacked | 4 | 31 | 83 | 83 | |
| ECHOmail messages | 3,537 | 3,454 | 17,446 | 455,624 | 455,624 |
| Duplicate messages | 71,066 | 4,831 | 811,419 | 5,264,835 | 5,264,835 |
| ECHOmail forwarded | 14,022 | 14,507 | 74,976 | 1,865,923 | 1,865,923 |
| 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