QTR-Quadtone RIP

Hi Everyone,

I'm a longtime user of QTR but never built curves myself...I always
tweaked them by hand 
or had another person build them for me. 

I have a DTP-32 that I'd like to put to use building and linerizing
profiles as I'm adding a 
lighter gray to the UT-2 inks of my 1280. I have the power supply and
serial cable also.

When I power up the DTP the window asks for a calibration strip...so
I assume I need to 
buy one. Do I need anything else? 

I see in the files section there are step wedges for the DTP. So I
guess I could use those?

I have Macs one old 8500/OS9 and QuickSilver 10.4. From my previous
readings on the 
subject I could just read data and enter by hand from the DTP.  Seems
like I could 
download data from the DTP to the 8500 via the serial cable. What
program would I use on 
the OS 9 Mac? 

Did I leave anything out?

Thanks,

John V.