OS 10.4, non-Apple keyboard, How to open the CD tray?

How do you open the CD tray with OS 10.4 and a non-Apple keyboard?
F12 used to work but this was changed in 10.4 to trigger the stupid Dashboard.

F12 does not work for me, but I accept that if other people can make it work, then I need to figure out why it doesn't work for me. Glad to know there is a solution on the horizon.
Regarding adding the CD eject control to the Finder menu; that's a great idea. I should have remembered that was possible. For reference, the location of that menu add-on and others is:
System/Library/CoreServices/Menu Extras

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