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 Sunday February 1st 2026:
| Z1DAILY.Z32 | 02-01-2026 | 43k | Fidonet Daily Nodelist (Z1/ZIP) for day 032 |
| 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 | 02-01-2026 | 10k | Fidonet Daily Zone 1 BinkD-specific list |
| Z1BONE.NA | 01-30-2026 | 15k | Fidonet Zone 1 Backbone on Darkrealms |
| Z1USENET.ZIP | 02-01-2026 | 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 | 1,454 | 1,173 | 8,853 | 40,649 | 40,649 |
| Mail sessions | 951 | 940 | 6,370 | 26,484 | 26,484 |
| BBS calls | 12 | 7 | 108 | 422 | 422 |
| GATEWAY calls | 1 | 4 | 15 | 93 | 93 |
| Aborted calls | 490 | 222 | 2,360 | 13,650 | 13,650 |
| Connections/Out | 1,897 | 2,223 | 29,557 | 143,042 | 143,042 |
| Connections made | 1,897 | 2,223 | 29,557 | 143,042 | 143,042 |
| Failed connects | 46 | 84 | 1,530 | 8,170 | 8,170 |
| Data sent (kb) | 43,785 | 133,301 | 629,547 | 6,138,466 | 6,138,466 |
| Data received (kb) | 3,085 | 5,543 | 30,053 | 149,416 | 149,416 |
| NETmail unpacked | 4 | 1 | 36 | 88 | 88 |
| ECHOmail messages | 413 | 2,087 | 19,946 | 458,124 | 458,124 |
| Duplicate messages | 1,004 | 366,495 | 1,178,918 | 5,632,334 | 5,632,334 |
| ECHOmail forwarded | 9,862 | 12,079 | 96,917 | 1,887,864 | 1,887,864 |
| 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