API 7800 w/ other modules?

Once the API is actually available, it is designed to be the master section of a small console made from 7600 channel strips. Is there any reason that it wouldn't work just as well with anyone's collection of various outboard modules? (Assuming that you wire everything up properly with respect to levels, etc.)

Can the 7800 be used to help turn a handful of mic preamps and EQ modules into a small 4x2 console?

steve
sjp@pacbell.net