Not planet, panel.
k: Where's beefonthebone when you need him ? :P Anyway I think that is where the option to save is. In JA 2 you just had to press ALT+S to autosave and ALT+L to load. I don't remember how to do this in JA 1, but I know for sure that I could save in it (JA 1).
Oh and for "thank u very much for your help": no problem. i like helping people when I can (I usually can't but when we are talking about my favourite game series ever I am pretty sure I can help; if you need any tips and hints pm me - control panel (somewhere up) => compose new message (somewhere left))