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===First products (1990–1991)===
Librex contracted the mass manufacturing of the company's initial product lineup, a duo of notebook computers, to an unnamed American firm.<ref>{{cite journal | last=Sexton | first=Tara | date=August 27, 1990 | url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A8783238/GPS?sid=wikipedia | title=New Nippon Steel Division to Launch Line of Computers | work=PC Week | publisher=Ziff-Davis | volume=7 | issue=34 | page=24 | via=Gale}}</ref> The Librex office in San Jose mostly handled sales and marketing and other operational duties, although the office did posses limited manufacturing facilities.<ref name=CBR1990 /> The Librex 386SX and Librex 286—two notebook computers based on [[Intel]]'s [[Intel 80386SX|80386SX]] and [[Intel 80286|80286]] processors respectively—were unveiled at [[COMDEX|COMDEX/Fall]] in November 1990.<ref name=Fitzgerald1990>{{cite journal | last=Fitzgerald | first=Michael | date=November 12, 1990 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uq5aBOwhFnoC&pg=PA144 | title=Pick your portable | work=Computerworld | publisher=IDG Publications | volume=XXVI | issue=46 | page=144 | via=Google Books}}</ref><ref name=Krohn1990 /> The former was released on time in December 1990; the Librex 386SX was released in limited quantities that month,<ref name=Krohn1990>{{cite journal | last=Krohn | first=Nico | date=November 12, 1990 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DVEEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA26 | title=Japanese Steel Maker Tries U.S. Notebook Market | work=InfoWorld | publisher=IDG Publications | volume=12 | issue=46 | page=27 | via=Google Books}}</ref><ref name=Skillings1990>{{cite journal | last=Skillings | first=Jonathan | date=November 12, 1990 | url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/A9589291/GPS?sid=wikipedia | title=386SX chip dominates scene in new laptop releases | work=PC Week | publisher=Ziff-Davis | volume=7 | issue=45 | page=17 | via=Gale}}</ref> shipping en masse in March 1991.<ref>{{cite journal | last=O'Brien | first=Bill | date=March 12, 1991 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GF_6VuE4h2MC&pg=PT114 | title=Battery-Powered 386SXs and 386DXs | work=PC Magazine | publisher=Ziff-Davis | volume=10 | issue=5 | pages=111–187 | via=Google Books}}</ref>{{rp|114}} The Librex 386SX was mostly positively received in ''[[InfoWorld]]'', ''[[ABA Journal]]'', and ''[[PC Magazine]]''.<ref name=Garza1991>{{cite journal | last=Garza | first=Victor R. | date=October 7, 1991 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zT0EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA74 | title=Librex wades into the 386SX | work=InfoWorld | publisher=IDG Publications | volume=XXVI | issue=13 | page=40 | via=Google Books}}</ref><ref name=Mass1991>{{cite journal | editor-last=Mass | editor-first=Debra Cassens | date=November 1991 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BvJHc73NRKwC&pg=PA97 | title=Of First Impressions: New Products for Attorneys | work=ABA Journal | publisher=American Bar Association | volume=77 | pages=95–97 | via=Google Books}}</ref><ref name=Howard1992a>{{cite journal | last=Howard | first=Bill | date=April 14, 1992 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AoKUhNoOys4C&pg=PP178 | title=High-End Notebook PCs | work=PC Magazine | publisher=Ziff-Davis | volume=11 | issue=7 | pages=113–181 | via=Google Books}}</ref>{{rp|156}} ''[[The Baltimore Sun]]'' praised Librex for its warranty policy, which offered free replacement of defective notebooks within 24 hours for the first 100 days of ownership.<ref name=OReilly1991>{{cite journal | last=O'Reilly | first=Richard | date=September 30, 1991 | url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1991-09-30-1991273119-story.html | title=Nippon Steel enters U.S. computer market with new laptop models | work=The Baltimore Sun | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210622052207/https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1991-09-30-1991273119-story.html | archivedate=June 22, 2021}}</ref>
===Subsequent lineups and dissolution (1991–1992)===
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