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 12th 2026:
| Z1DAILY.Z43 | 02-12-2026 | 43k | Fidonet Daily Nodelist (Z1/ZIP) for day 043 |
| 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 | 02-12-2026 | 10k | Fidonet Daily Zone 1 BinkD-specific list |
| Z1BONE.NA | 02-06-2026 | 15k | Fidonet Zone 1 Backbone on Darkrealms |
| Z1USENET.ZIP | 02-12-2026 | 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 | 800 | 1,119 | 4,196 | 13,471 | 54,126 |
| Mail sessions | 681 | 670 | 2,893 | 9,340 | 35,830 |
| BBS calls | 9 | 10 | 43 | 130 | 552 |
| GATEWAY calls | 2 | 1 | 8 | 32 | 125 |
| Aborted calls | 108 | 438 | 1,252 | 3,969 | 17,619 |
| Connections/Out | 1,163 | 4,944 | 13,930 | 44,841 | 187,907 |
| Connections made | 1,163 | 4,944 | 13,930 | 44,841 | 187,907 |
| Failed connects | 55 | 34 | 167 | 499 | 8,669 |
| Data sent (kb) | 166,177 | 271,355 | 4,823,184 | 5,552,749 | 11,691,315 |
| Data received (kb) | 3,155 | 3,676 | 11,232 | 41,992 | 191,422 |
| NETmail unpacked | 2 | 2 | 8 | 26 | 114 |
| ECHOmail messages | 560,597 | 63,261 | 945,526 | 965,270 | 1,423,397 |
| Duplicate messages | 563,800 | 56,258 | 1,097,856 | 2,834,846 | 8,467,182 |
| ECHOmail forwarded | 173,687 | 75,065 | 1,779,410 | 1,877,318 | 3,765,230 |
| 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