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 January 20th 2026, day 20:
| Z1DAILY.Z20 | 43k | Fidonet Daily Nodelist (Z1/ZIP) for day 020 |
| NODELIST.Z16 | 43k | Fidonet Nodelist (Z1/Fri/ZIP) for day 016 |
| NODEDIFF.Z16 | 2k | Fidonet Nodediff (Z1/Fri/ZIP) for day 016 |
| Z1DBINKD.ZIP | 10k | Fidonet Daily Zone 1 BinkD-specific list |
| Z1BONE.NA | 15k | Fidonet Zone 1 Backbone on Darkrealms |
| Z1USENET.ZIP | 546k | Usenet traffic on Darkrealms |
| DB4S.ZIP | 2687k | D'Bridge Standard Edition |
| DB4G.ZIP | 2687k | D'Bridge GoldBase Edition |
| ALLFILES.ZIP | 9212k | List of files on Darkrealms |
| 1:1/0 | Today | Yesterday | This week | This month | This year |
| Connections/In | 1,433 | 939 | 2,372 | 25,218 | 25,218 |
| Mail sessions | 854 | 624 | 1,478 | 15,863 | 15,863 |
| BBS calls | 9 | 27 | 36 | 248 | 248 |
| GATEWAY calls | 3 | 3 | 69 | 69 | |
| Aborted calls | 567 | 288 | 855 | 9,038 | 9,038 |
| Connections/Out | 4,754 | 3,841 | 8,595 | 90,130 | 90,130 |
| Connections made | 4,754 | 3,841 | 8,595 | 90,130 | 90,130 |
| Failed connects | 166 | 107 | 273 | 5,234 | 5,234 |
| Data sent (kb) | 91,425 | 135,136 | 226,561 | 5,059,240 | 5,059,240 |
| Data received (kb) | 3,653 | 8,462 | 12,115 | 96,680 | 96,680 |
| NETmail unpacked | 4 | 4 | 27 | 27 | |
| ECHOmail messages | 1,179 | 407 | 1,586 | 433,037 | 433,037 |
| Duplicate messages | 439,848 | 185,511 | 625,359 | 2,642,856 | 2,642,856 |
| ECHOmail forwarded | 10,625 | 7,675 | 18,300 | 1,735,208 | 1,735,208 |
| 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