First I learnt that the USB HxC is only read only
Then I found that all the debugging (trying to get read/write working) had resulted in a critical wire coming loose.
There is the hardware mod that ties the READY line of the 2 different parts 5.25" and 8" of the controller together so that you then need only
use the 34 pin J2 connector of the Cromemco 64 FDC Disk Controller for all emulated drives
Example Working
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cdoscopy -l sfda
basic.com 19K
batch.com 2K
boot0020.sys 7K
dosmin32.sys 7K
dosmin48.sys 7K
edit.com 6K
init.com 1K
rdos.com 5K
stat.com 2K
wrtsys.com 1K
xfer.com 2K
And for 8" Diskette
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cdoscopy -l fda
64kz.com 4K
64s.com 4K
68kmemt.com 14K
asm22.com 10K
asmb.com 14K
asmlib.rel 2K
b1.sbr 4K
b2.sbr 4K
b3.sbr 8K
b4.sbr 4K
b5.sbr 10K
basic.com 20K
basicgen.com 12K
baslib.sbr 4K
budget.asc 12K
c1.sbr 2K
c2.sbr 8K
c2a.sbr 2K
c3.sbr 4K
c3a.sbr 6K
c4.sbr 6K
c5.sbr 4K
c6.sbr 2K
c7.sbr 2K
c8.sbr 2K
c9.sbr 2K
c9a.sbr 2K
c9b.sbr 2K
cc201282.com 16K
cc201282.doc 2K
cdos.com 14K
cdosgen.com 34K
cdosorg.com 14K
cds.doc 2K
cl201282.com 14K
cl201282.doc 2K
coblib.rel 24K
cobol.com 32K
conproc.com 4K
cref.com 4K
crtgen.com 4K
crthdt.com 2K
cturbo.com 34K
ddt22.com 6K
debug.com 10K
debug1.com 8K
defistel.rel 2K
diskcopy.com 12K
diskdiag.com 24K
document.doc 2K
dosmin64.sys 8K
dump.com 4K
dump22.com 2K
ed22.com 8K
edit.com 8K
f80.com 26K
fcall.z80 2K
for.com 26K
forlib.rel 24K
forlib22.rel 24K
format.com 8K
fsort.lis 4K
hdt3101.com 20K
hdtadm3.com 20K
hdtest.com 18K
init.com 12K
ksamut.com 14K
l80.com 10K
lib.com 6K
libbuild.lis 18K
link.com 8K
linkasm.com 6K
load.com 4K
m80.com 18K
mbasic.com 24K
mcal.com 20K
memtest.com 2K
memtest8.com 4K
memtst8.com 4K
memtstc.com 4K
ovrly1.ovr 8K
ovrly2.ovr 12K
ovrly3.ovr 12K
ovrly4.ovr 2K
print.com 2K
rdos.com 6K
sbasic.com 32K
sbasic.sbr 2K
sbasicio.sbr 2K
sbasicio.z80 26K
screen.com 12K
sditest.com 8K
sort.com 42K
stat.com 10K
stdex.com 16K
translat.com 4K
witoh.com 16K
wrtsys.com 2K
wsmsgs.ovr 28K
wsovly1.ovr 34K
xfer.com 8K
xpuinit.com 12K
I also found that the documentation on the READY modification was unclear so that and articles relating to HxC and 8" conversion are now updated also here
https://smpl.fyi/2021/06/cromemco-ready/
https://smpl.fyi/2014/04/the-hxc-solid- ... -emulator/
https://smpl.fyi/2009/04/converting-fro ... ch-floppy/
Last Words
The Cromemco repository of documentation and disk images including .HFE HxC format is now stored in a Github and access is via first joining the Cromemco Google group, asking for Gihub access and then accepting the conditions.