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 February 3rd 2026:
| Z1DAILY.Z34 | 02-03-2026 | 43k | Fidonet Daily Nodelist (Z1/ZIP) for day 034 |
| 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 | 02-03-2026 | 10k | Fidonet Daily Zone 1 BinkD-specific list |
| Z1BONE.NA | 01-30-2026 | 15k | Fidonet Zone 1 Backbone on Darkrealms |
| Z1USENET.ZIP | 02-03-2026 | 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 | 1,399 | 1,627 | 3,026 | 3,026 | 43,681 |
| Mail sessions | 955 | 1,251 | 2,206 | 2,206 | 28,696 |
| BBS calls | 16 | 12 | 28 | 28 | 450 |
| GATEWAY calls | 3 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 105 |
| Aborted calls | 425 | 355 | 780 | 780 | 14,430 |
| Connections/Out | 3,936 | 5,201 | 9,137 | 9,137 | 152,203 |
| Connections made | 3,936 | 5,201 | 9,137 | 9,137 | 152,203 |
| Failed connects | 21 | 44 | 65 | 65 | 8,235 |
| Data sent (kb) | 101,164 | 116,950 | 218,114 | 218,114 | 6,356,680 |
| Data received (kb) | 4,497 | 4,332 | 8,829 | 8,829 | 158,259 |
| NETmail unpacked | 5 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 98 |
| ECHOmail messages | 2,340 | 7,317 | 9,657 | 9,657 | 467,784 |
| Duplicate messages | 71,582 | 393,662 | 465,244 | 465,244 | 6,097,580 |
| ECHOmail forwarded | 12,657 | 24,092 | 36,749 | 36,749 | 1,924,661 |
| 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