Multiple "image_attach" for drupal 5

Hey Friends -

I am wondering if anyone has made a patch for the drupal 5 version of image_attach to allow attaching multiple images to a node. I have seen a few patches for 4.7 on the forums, but I am looking for something for drupal 5.

I have been considering node_images, but I need the attached images to become image nodes and go through the image derivative process. Has anyone done this?

Another possibility is cck imagefield - But does anyone know how easy it would be to have that module actually create image nodes instead of just uploading files?

A final consideration I have is imagecache, but I need image enhanced scaling with imagemagick, and I need the files to be saved due to server performance.

Any Help is greatly appreciated!
Thanks