Ancient audio cassette player. It was formerly used for storing micro-computer data. Thankfully that period of usage wasn't very long. Unlike the time it used to take to save or load data from the cassettes...

I used to have a similar one at home, back in the 1970's. Sitting it next to the radio, and recording tracks from the Radio 1 Top Twenty every Sunday evening, was the order of the day. Sign on the "recording studio" (bedroom) door to forbid entry during recordings. Them were days...

A museum piece? Perhaps. Destined for the great WEEE (waste electrical & electronic equipment) bin. You can't throw out electrical thingies these days. Somewhat smaller, and more modern, data storage alongside - 8GB USB flash drive.