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 14th 2026:
| Z1DAILY.Z45 | 02-14-2026 | 43k | Fidonet Daily Nodelist (Z1/ZIP) for day 045 |
| NODELIST.Z44 | 02-13-2026 | 43k | Fidonet Nodelist (Z1/Fri/ZIP) for day 044 |
| NODEDIFF.Z44 | 02-13-2026 | 1k | Fidonet Nodediff (Z1/Fri/ZIP) for day 044 |
| Z1DBINKD.ZIP | 02-14-2026 | 10k | Fidonet Daily Zone 1 BinkD-specific list |
| Z1BONE.NA | 02-13-2026 | 15k | Fidonet Zone 1 Backbone on Darkrealms |
| Z1USENET.ZIP | 02-14-2026 | 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 | 02-13-2026 | 8452k | List of files on Darkrealms |
| 1:1/0 | Today | Yesterday | This week | This month | This year |
| Connections/In | 1,341 | 1,253 | 6,790 | 16,065 | 56,720 |
| Mail sessions | 978 | 1,075 | 4,946 | 11,393 | 37,883 |
| BBS calls | 12 | 10 | 65 | 152 | 574 |
| GATEWAY calls | 3 | 2 | 13 | 37 | 130 |
| Aborted calls | 348 | 166 | 1,766 | 4,483 | 18,133 |
| Connections/Out | 3,410 | 1,216 | 18,556 | 49,467 | 192,533 |
| Connections made | 3,410 | 1,216 | 18,556 | 49,467 | 192,533 |
| Failed connects | 118 | 127 | 412 | 744 | 8,914 |
| Data sent (kb) | 319,031 | 3308,894 | 8,451,109 | 9,180,674 | 15,319,240 |
| Data received (kb) | 21,534 | 3,682 | 36,448 | 67,208 | 216,638 |
| NETmail unpacked | 1 | 4 | 13 | 31 | 119 |
| ECHOmail messages | 9,798 | 605,719 | 1,561,043 | 1,580,787 | 2,038,914 |
| Duplicate messages | 622,627 | 931,513 | 2,651,996 | 4,388,986 | 10,021,322 |
| ECHOmail forwarded | 25,386 | 1175,798 | 2,980,594 | 3,078,502 | 4,966,414 |
| 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