[quote=492238:@Norman Palardy]Neither does my 16" MBP
But when I connect the external Apple DVD to the MBP the eject key on the external keyboard works just fine :)[/quote]
On my 2008 Mac Pro (the one I’m using right now, and every day, with Mojave ;-). ), I have 2 IDE DVD drives built-in (they can hardly be found these days).
It happens that the 2nd is the only one of them which can handle RAM DVD discs, which I use fairly often. Option-eject is the key (pun intended) to handle this 2nd drive 