L293D( driving motor) INTERFACING WITH PARALLEL PORTThis tutorial is taken from the book
MY EXPERIENCE IN PARALLEL PORT INTERFACING.
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L293D driving motor
D0,D1 outputs are used as inputs of L293D.

See how to troubleshoot L293D in my previous book MY EXPERIENCE IN
AutONOMOUS RobOTICS. See the program.
DO IT:
try to control a robot forward,backward and stop using L293D. Try to make it voice
controlled. See this link to make a parallel port controlled bot
http://www.roboticsindia.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=65
http://www.roboticsindia.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=115