Eject dvd from eMac

It's an old problem with aging machine, but our school's limping along as best it can! One eMac has a disk stuck in the cd/dvd drive. It's operating, but won't eject. I see no "hole" to use a paperclip on (traditional solution for a Mac), and have some tools to try a more serious fix. What do you suggest? All buttons have been pushed, so what's next? Thanks!

First try a Restart while holding down the mouse button.
If that doesn’t work, look at these links:
A dozen ways to eject or unmount a recalcitrant CD or DVD
http://www.osxfaq.com/dailytips/08-2002/08-12.ws
Ejecting media in Mac OS X: Removing 'stuck' CDs/DVDs
http://www.macfixit.com/article.php?story=20041011075232575
PowerPC-based Macintosh: How to eject a disc when other options don't work
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106752
Force Eject (10.3 or later) - Can be used to eject any removable disk that the system will not eject. http://mac.softpedia.com/progDownload/Force-Eject-Download-34780.html
 Cheers, Tom

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