Welcome to HS, 4jacks
I'm new here too, but since I know a bit about striaght trannys I thought I'd chime in. The gas-clutch and speed-gear ratios are ones that must be mastered in order to get skilled at operating a manual transmission. The ratio depends entirely on what type of driving you're doing at the time. The faster you want to go, the higher your RPM's should be at the start and when you shift. For normal driving, 1000 is about right for starting off the line, but the lower you can get without lugging the engine, the better. You will get to know your engine and the way it sounds. Hondas like the upper RPM's (that's where they get their power rather than the Dodge-complex of sheer displacement) but that doesn't mean you need to wind it out when you're starting. 3500 seems pretty high unless you're dragging someone.
Just keep in ming that, in general, all of the new things you have to think about were still issues in your Probe, you just didn't have to think about them. You have a much greater degree of control, and when you master the clutch and move on to things like double-clutching, you'll never want to drive that Ford again
P.S. If you want an actual listing of speed-gear ratios, look in your manual. There should be a listing, though they, like most everything Honda, are geared toward gas-savings and long engine life (always good things).