Please don't post in all caps. It's shouting and it's kind of annoying for everyone :)
In the Codex, it said to modify the .htaccess AND wp-config.php in a directory that doesn't exist.
Where did it tell you to edit?
The wp-config.php and .htaccess should be ... wherever you installed them.
The original .htaccess file was BLANK
That's okay. I mean, you should have checked that pretty permalinks worked before you activated Multisite, but that's not abnormal.
I don't know what you mean by 'bogus' links, I get things like http://newdispweb.com/2013/12/changes-for-2014/