Is there a PC-Style Keyboard Shortcut for Opening the CD ROM Draw?

Hello
I was trying to use a USB PC-Syle keyboard with my G3 Blue & White, and was wondering if there was a Keyboard Shortcut on the keys to open the CD ROM draw?
It apparently won't open manually .... and of course if it were an Apple Keyboard, then it would naturally have a key for that function.
Thank you
Mike

Hi, Mike -
OS 9 does not have such a key, per se (I think F12 works only in OSX). The button on the front of the drive should work whenever the tray is empty; if there is a disk in the drive, either drag the disk to the Trash or select it and use Command-Y (Put Away in the File menu).
You can add a hot-key fairly easily.
• One way is to locate the Eject Extras folder which may be on the hard drive somewhere; if not, you can download it from here -
Eject Extras
You can use the Eject applet contained in that folder by assigning it to one of the FKeys via the FKey page inn the Keyboard control panel.
The downside of this is that it will control only the built-in optical drive.
• You can also use a utility such as EjectDisk, which allows for the setting of individual keyboard key-combos for each removable-media drive.

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