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 Saturday February 7th 2026:
| Z1DAILY.Z38 | 02-07-2026 | 43k | Fidonet Daily Nodelist (Z1/ZIP) for day 038 |
| 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 | 02-07-2026 | 10k | Fidonet Daily Zone 1 BinkD-specific list |
| Z1BONE.NA | 02-06-2026 | 15k | Fidonet Zone 1 Backbone on Darkrealms |
| Z1USENET.ZIP | 02-07-2026 | 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 | 1,491 | 1,338 | 8,150 | 8,150 | 48,805 |
| Mail sessions | 1,100 | 866 | 5,612 | 5,612 | 32,102 |
| BBS calls | 8 | 16 | 74 | 74 | 496 |
| GATEWAY calls | 2 | 3 | 21 | 21 | 114 |
| Aborted calls | 381 | 453 | 2,443 | 2,443 | 16,093 |
| Connections/Out | 4,860 | 3,887 | 26,121 | 26,121 | 169,187 |
| Connections made | 4,860 | 3,887 | 26,121 | 26,121 | 169,187 |
| Failed connects | 96 | 85 | 307 | 307 | 8,477 |
| Data sent (kb) | 179,493 | 93,760 | 657,307 | 657,307 | 6,795,873 |
| Data received (kb) | 9,208 | 4,763 | 28,782 | 28,782 | 178,212 |
| NETmail unpacked | 2 | 1 | 17 | 17 | 105 |
| ECHOmail messages | 1,123 | 2,537 | 17,965 | 17,965 | 476,092 |
| Duplicate messages | 87,981 | 644,609 | 1,611,493 | 1,611,493 | 7,243,829 |
| ECHOmail forwarded | 12,405 | 13,149 | 85,908 | 85,908 | 1,973,820 |
| 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