True 16 bit transfer, and new loop friendly 16 bit transfer

[drmcnelson]

This replaces the transfer16() with a true 16 bit transfer, adds a new loop friendly 16 bit transfer, and rename the old transfer16() as two bytes to transfer16_asbytes()

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